J. Mater. Sci. Technol. ›› 2019, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (9): 2064-2069.DOI: 10.1016/j.jmst.2019.04.025

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Mechanical and thermal properties of RE4Hf3O12 (RE=Ho, Er, Tm) ceramics with defect fluorite structure

Wanpeng Huab, Yiming Leiab, Jie Zhanga*(), Jingyang Wanga   

  1. a Advanced Ceramics and Composites Division, Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
    b School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang 110016, China
  • Received:2019-03-27 Revised:2019-04-19 Accepted:2019-04-22 Online:2019-09-20 Published:2019-07-26
  • Contact: Zhang Jie
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    1 These authors contributed equally to this work.

Abstract:

The thermal and environmental barrier coatings (T/EBC) are technologically important for advanced propulsion engine system. In this study, RE4Hf3O12 (RE=Ho, Er, Tm) with defect fluorite structure was investigated for potential use as top TBC layer. Dense pellets were fabricated via a hot pressing method and the mechanical and thermal properties were characterized. RE4Hf3O12 (RE=Ho, Er, Tm) possessed a high Vickers hardness of 11 GPa. The material retained high elastic modulus at elevated temperatures up to 1773 K, which made it attractive for high temperature application. The coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of RE4Hf3O12 (RE = Ho, Er, Tm) laid in the range between 7 × 10-6 K-1 to 10 × 10-6 K-1 from 473 K to 1673 K. In addition, the rare earth hafnates exhibited lower thermal conductivity which rendered it a good candidate material for thermal barrier applications.

Key words: Rare earth hafnate, Thermal/environmental barrier coating, Mechanical property, Thermal property