• Reynosa-Martínez, Cecilia
• Espinoza-Pérez, L. J.
• Lopez-Honorato, Eddie
• Castilleja-Escobedo, Orlando

Abstract

<jats:p>The effect of yttria concentration (0-33.4 mol%), extraction rates (0.17, 0.33, 0.50, and 0.67 mm s-1), and the number of layers (up to four) on the phase content, surface defects, thickness, hardness, adhesion strength, and wear rate of yttria-stabilized zirconia coatings produced by sol-gel/dip-coating were studied for its use on thermolabile substrates. At 700°C, a metastable tetragonal phase (<jats:inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M1"><msup><mrow><mi>t</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>″</mo></mrow></msup></math></jats:inline-formula>) was obtained even with 33.4 mol% yttria when heat treated for 24 hours; however, a fully cubic structure was attained by extending the heat treatment up to 48 hours as confirmed by Raman spectroscopy. Furthermore, it was necessary to use withdrawal speeds of at least 0.67 mm s-1 to produce defect-free coatings. Although the coatings were produced at low temperature, they showed 41% lower wear rate than steel and an adhesion strength of 30 MPa. Our work stresses the importance of the heat treatment history on the stabilization of the cubic phase in sol-gel YSZ coatings.</jats:p>

Topics

• Deposition
• surface
• phase
• thin film
• extraction
• strength
• steel
• hardness
• defect
• Raman spectroscopy