Article protected by thermal barrier coating having a sintering inhibitor, and its fabrication

摘要

An article protected by a thermal barrier coating system (34) includes a substrate (30) having a substrate surface (32), and a thermal barrier coating system (34) overlying the substrate (30). The thermal barrier coating system (34) has a thermal barrier coating (46) formed of a thermal barrier coating material arranged as a plurality of columnar grains (48) extending generally perpendicular to the substrate surface (32) and having grain surfaces (49). A sintering inhibitor is within the columnar grains (48), either uniformly distributed or concentrated at the grain surfaces (49). The sintering inhibitor is lanthanum oxide, lanthanum chromate, chromium oxide, and/or yttrium chromate, mixtures thereof, mixtures thereof with aluminum oxide, modifications thereof wherein cobalt or manganese is substituted for chromium, precursors thereof, and reaction products thereof.