CERAMIC MATERIAL, POWDER, AND LAYER SYSTEM COMPRISING THE CERAMIC MATERIAL

Abstract
An improved ceramic material for heat insulation with selection of specific stabilizers and adapted proportions, includes zirconium oxide with 0.2 wt. % to 8.0 wt. % of the base stabilizers: yttrium oxide (Y2O3), hafnium oxide (HfO2), cerium oxide (CeO2), calcium oxide (CaO), and/or magnesium oxide (MgO), wherein at least yttrium oxide (Y2O3) is used, and optionally at least one of the additional stabilizers: 0.2 wt. % to 20 wt. % of erbium oxide (Er2O3) and/or ytterbium oxide (Yb2O3).
Description
FIELD OF INVENTION

The invention relates to a ceramic material and to powder produced therewith that can be used for ceramic layer systems.


BACKGROUND OF INVENTION

Ceramics in general have a high thermal stability and are therefore often used as ceramic coatings on high-temperature components, such as turbines, especially gas turbines.


The constant aim is to improve the heat insulation properties of the ceramic material.


SUMMARY OF INVENTION

It is therefore an object of the invention to solve the problem identified above.


The object is achieved by means of a ceramic, a ceramic powder, and a system of layers as claimed.


Ceramic layers based on zirconium oxide with stabilizers are known; here, fully stabilized zirconium oxide is often used, owing to its better thermal stability.


The objective of the concept, however, is to use partially stabilized zirconium oxide having an improved stability, especially thermal stability.





BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS


FIGS. 1 to 4 show exemplary embodiments of the invention.





DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF INVENTION

The zirconium oxide is stabilized with 0.2 wt % to 8 wt %, more particularly with 0.2 wt % to 6.0 wt %, of base stabilizers: yttrium oxide, hafnium oxide, cerium oxide, calcium oxide and/or magnesium oxide and optionally with additional stabilizers −0.2 wt % to 20 wt % of erbium oxide and/or ytterbium oxide.


Yttrium oxide is used in any case and at least one of the base stabilizers hafnium oxide, cerium oxide, calcium oxide and/or magnesium oxide is used.


This ceramic composition may be prepared as a powder, and so further additions, as in the use of abrasive layers, comprise cubic boron nitride or other abrasive particles.


In a layer system 1I (FIG. 1) a ceramic layer 10I is applied to metal, the substrate 4 present, in the case of nickel- or cobalt-based superalloys used preferably, being a metallic adhesion layer 7 which forms aluminum oxide (TGO; not shown), with the metallic adhesion promoter layer constituting preferably an aluminide, platinum-aluminide or, as a basis, an NiCoCrAlY—X alloy, optionally with x=Ta, Re, Fe and/or Si.


The ceramic layer of the ceramic material in accordance with the invention may be produced by means of EB-PVD, plasma spraying (APS, etc.), etc. and has a columnar structure or a segmented structure.


The ceramic layers 10II, 10III, 10IV (FIGS. 2-4) preferably have a layer thickness of 100 μm to 1000 μm.


As shown in FIG. 2, in a layer system 1II, a ceramic layer 10II as in FIG. 1 may also have a ceramic sublayer 13II, the layer thickness of which, however, is at least 20% thinner in configuration than that of the ceramic material of the invention in the ceramic layer 10II.


The ceramic sublayer 13II preferably comprises 8YSZ, i.e., zirconium oxide stabilized with 3 mol % to 4 mol % of yttrium, and is therefore distinctly different from the material of the ceramic layer 10I.



FIGS. 3 and 4 show further examples of layer structures 1III, 1ªV of the invention.


According to FIG. 3, in comparison to FIG. 1, there is a segmented ceramic layer 10III of a layer system 1III, which comprises numerous, relatively long and vertical cracks 15, 15I, starting from the surface 18 of the outermost ceramic layer 10III, and extending very largely over the entire ceramic layer thickness, here in particular up to the metallic adhesion layer 7 or the TGO thereof (not shown).


A layer system 1IV may also comprise a ceramic attachment layer 13IV (FIG. 4) for attachment of the outermost layer 10IV of a thermal barrier coating (TBC), in which case the attachment layer 13IV may be configured as described in FIG. 2.


The outermost ceramic layer 10IV is more particularly configured like the outermost layer 10III in FIG. 3.


In the ceramic attachment layer 13IV, however, cracks 14 extend, preferably likewise vertical, which extend through both ceramic layers 10IV, 13IV.


The relatively long cracks have been formed by specific process parameters or production methods, and do not represent cracks between multiple grains.


Exemplary Embodiments




Zro2+Y2O3+CeO2





ZrO2+Y2O3+MgO





ZrO2+Y2O3+HfO2





Zro2+Y2O3+Cao





Zro2+Y2O3+CeO2+MgO





Zro2+Y2O3+MgO+HfO2





ZrO2+Y2O3+HfO2+CaO





Zro2+Y2O3+CeO2+HfO2





Zro2+Y2O3+MgO+CaO





ZrO2+Y2O3+CeO2+CaO





ZrO2+Y2O3+CaO+CeO2+HfO2





Zro2+Y2O3+HfO2+MgO+CaO





ZrO2+Y2O3+CeO2+MgO+Cao





ZrO2+Y2O3+CeO2+MgO+HfO2





Zro2+Y2O3+HfO2+CaO+CO2+Mgo





Zro2+Y2O3+CeO2+Yb2O3





Zro2+Y2O3+MgO+Yb2O3





Zro2+Y2O3+HfO2+Yb2O3 (particularly preferred)





ZrO2+Y2O3+CaO+Yb2O3





Zro2+Y2O3+CeO2+MgO+Yb2O3





Zro2+Y2O3+MgO+HfO2+Yb2O3





Zro2+Y2O3+HfO2+CaO+Yb2O3





Zro2+Y2O3+CeO2+HfO2+Yb2O3





Zro2+Y2O3+MgO+CaO+Yb2O3





Zro2+Y2O3+CeO2+CaO+Yb2O3





ZrO2+Y2O3+CaO+CeO2+HfO2+Yb2O3





Zro2+Y2O3+HfO2+MgO+CaO+Yb2O3





Zro2+Y2O3+CeO2+MgO+CaO+Yb2O3





ZrO2+Y2O3+CeO2+MgO+HfO2+Yb2O3





Zro2+Y2O3+HfO2+CaO+CeO2+MgO+Yb2O3





ZrO2+Y2O3+CeO2+Er2O3





ZrO2+Y2O3+MgO+Er2O3





Zro2+Y2O3+HfO2+Er2O3





Zro2+Y2O3+CaO+Er2O3





ZrO2+Y2O3+CeO2+MgO+Er2O3





Zro2+Y2O3+MgO+HfO2+Er2O3





Zro2+Y2O3+HfO2+CaO+Er2O3





ZrO2+Y2O3+CeO2+HfO2+Er2O3





Zro2+Y2O3+MgO+CaO+Er2O3





ZrO2+Y2O3+CeO2+CaO+Er2O3





Zro2+Y2O3+CaO+CeO2+HfO2+Er2O3





Zro2+Y2O3+HfO2+MgO+CaO+Er2O3





ZrO2+Y2O3+CeO2+MgO+CaO+Er2O3





Zro2+Y2O3+CeO2+MgO+HfO2+Er2O3





Zro2+Y2O3+HfO2+CaO+CO2+MgO+Er2O3





Zro2+Y2O3+CeO2+Yb2O3+Er2O3





Zro2+Y2O3+MgO+Yb2O3+Er2O3





Zro2+Y2O3+HfO2+Yb2O3+Er2O3 (particularly preferred)





Zro2+Y2O3+CaO+Yb2O3+Er2O3





Zro2+Y2O3+CeO2+MgO+Yb2O3+Er2O3





Zro2+Y2O3+MgO+HfO2+Yb2O3+Er2O3





Zro2+Y2O3+HfO2+CaO+Yb2O3+Er2O3





Zro2+Y2O3+CeO2+HfO2+Yb2O3+Er2O3





ZrO2+Y2O3+MgO+CaO+Yb2O3+Er2O3





Zro2+Y2O3+CeO2+CaO+Yb2O3+Er2O3





Zro2+Y2O3+CaO+CO2+HfO2+Yb2O3+Er2O3





Zro2+Y2O3+HfO2+MgO+CaO+Yb2O3+Er2O3





ZrO2+Y2O3+CeO2+MgO+CaO+Yb2O3+Er2O3





Zro2+Y2O3+CeO2+MgO+HfO2+Yb2O3+Er2O3





Zro2+Y2O3+HfO2+CaO+CeO2+MgO+Yb2O3+Er2O3


The ceramic material comprises preferably 2.5 wt % to 5.5 wt % of yttrium oxide (Y2O3), more particularly 3.0 wt % to 5.0 wt % of yttrium oxide (Y2O3), especially 3.5 wt % to 4.0 wt %.


The ceramic material may also comprise preferably 1.5 wt % to 3.0 wt % of yttrium oxide (Y2O3), more particularly 2.0 wt % to 2.5 wt % of yttrium oxide (Y2O3).


The ceramic material preferably comprises: hafnium oxide (HfO2) at 0.2 wt % to 4.0 wt %, more particularly 0.5 wt % to 4.0 wt % of hafnium oxide (HfO2), especially 0.6 wt % to 4.0 wt % of hafnium oxide (HfO2).


For better, i.e., lower, thermal conductivity, the ceramic material preferably comprises: hafnium oxide (HfO2) at 0.2 wt % to 2.0 wt %, more particularly at 0.6 wt % to 2.0 wt % of hafnium oxide (HfO2), especially at 0.8 wt % to 2.0 wt % of hafnium oxide (HfO2).


For better thermal stability the ceramic material preferably comprises: hafnium oxide (HfO2) at 2.0 wt % to 4.0 wt %, more particularly 2.4 wt % to 4.0 wt % of hafnium oxide (HfO2), especially 4.0 wt % to 4.0 wt % of hafnium oxide (HfO2).


The ceramic material preferably comprises 5.5 wt % to 8.5 wt % of ytterbium oxide (Yb2O3), more particularly 6.0 wt % to 8.0 wt % of Yb2O3, especially 6.5 wt % to 7.5 wt % of Yb2O3.


The ceramic material comprises preferably 3.0 wt % to 4.5 wt % of ytterbium oxide (Yb2O3), more particularly 3.5 wt % to 4.0 wt % of ytterbium oxide (Yb2O3).


The ceramic material also preferably comprises 2.0 wt % to 4.0 wt % of Er2O3, more particularly 2.5 wt % to 3.5 wt % of Er2O3.


With further preference the ceramic material comprises (6.0-x) wt % of Y2O3 and between 2*x wt % and 4*x wt % of Yb2O3/Er2O3. For example, when x corresponds to 2, the ceramic material would comprise 4.0 wt % of Y2O3 and between 4 wt % and 8 wt %.

Claims
  • 1. A ceramic material based on zirconium oxide (Zro2)with 0.2 wt % to 8.0 wt % of base stabilizers:more particularly with 0.2 wt % to 6.0 wt % of base stabilizers:yttrium oxide (Y2O3), hafnium oxide (HfO2), cerium oxide (CeO2), calcium oxide (CaO) and/or magnesium oxide (MgO),wherein at least yttrium oxide (Y2O3) is used, and optionallyat least one of the additional stabilizers:0.2 wt % to 20 wt % of erbium oxide (Er2O3) and/or ytterbium oxide (Yb2O3).
  • 2. The ceramic material as claimed in claim 1, comprising at least 0.5 wt % and not more than 6.0 wt % of yttrium oxide (Y2O3).
  • 3. The ceramic material as claimed in claim 1, comprising 1.5 wt % to 3.0 wt % of yttrium oxide (Y2O3),more particularly 2.0 wt % to 2.5 wt % of yttrium oxide (Y2O3).
  • 4. The ceramic material as claimed in claim 1, which comprises at least yttrium oxide (Y2O3) and hafnium oxide (HfO2) as base stabilizers,more particularly comprises only yttrium oxide (Y2O3) and hafnium oxide (HfO2) as base stabilizers.
  • 5. The ceramic material as claimed in claim 1, in which the hafnium oxide (HfO2) content is 0.2 wt % to 4.0 wt %,more particularly 0.6 wt % to 4.0 wt % of hafnium oxide (HfO2),especially 0.8 wt % to 4.0 wt % of hafnium oxide (HfO2).
  • 6. The ceramic material as claimed in claim 1, which comprises at least one of the additional stabilizers erbium oxide (Er2O3) and/or ytterbium oxide (Yb2O3).
  • 7. The ceramic material as claimed in claim 1, comprising, more particularly consisting of, ZrO2—HfO2—Y2O3—Yb2O3.
  • 8. The ceramic material as claimed in claim 1, comprising, more particularly consisting of, ZrO2—HfO2—Y2O3—Yb2O3—Er2O3.
  • 9. The ceramic material as claimed in claim 1, comprising 3.0 wt % to 4.5 wt % of ytterbium oxide (Yb2O3),more particularly 3.5 wt % to 4.0 wt % of ytterbium oxide (Yb2O3).
  • 10. The ceramic material as claimed in claim 1, comprising 2.0 wt % to 4.0 wt % of erbium oxide (Er2O3),more particularly 2.5 wt % to 3.5 wt % of erbium oxide (Er2O3).
  • 11. The ceramic material as claimed in claim 1, comprising (8.0-x) wt % of Y2O3+ (2-4) x wt % of Yb2O3/Er2O3,more particularly (6.0-x) wt % of Y2O3+ (2-4) x wt % of Yb2O3/Er2O3.
  • 12. The ceramic material as claimed in claim 1, in which the hafnium oxide (HfO2) content is 0.2 wt % to 2.0 wt %,more particularly 0.6 wt % to 2.0 wt % of hafnium oxide (HfO2),especially 0.8 wt % to 2.0 wt % of hafnium oxide (HfO2).
  • 13. The ceramic material as claimed in claim 1, in which the hafnium oxide (HfO2) content is 2.0 wt % to 4.0 wt %,more particularly 2.4 wt % to 4.0 wt % of hafnium oxide (HfO2),especially 3.0 wt % to 4.0 wt % of hafnium oxide (HfO2).
  • 14. A ceramic powder comprising, more particularly consisting of,a composition of a material as claimed in claim 1.
  • 15. A system (1) of layers at least comprising a metallic substrate (4),optionally a metallic adhesion promoter layer (7), and an at least one ceramic layer (101, 10II, 10III, 10IV) based on the material of the invention as claimed in claim 1.
  • 16. The layer system as claimed in claim 15, comprising a metallic adhesion promoter layer (7) between the ceramic layer (13II, 13IV; 10I, 10III) and the metallic substrate (4),more particularly directly on the substrate (4),wherein the adhesion promoter layer (7) comprises an alloy of the type NiCoCrAlY—X, X being optionally=Ta, Re and/or Si, more particularly NiCoCrAlY or NiCoCrAlY—Ta.
  • 17. The layer system as claimed in claim 15, in which a ceramic sublayer (13II, 13IV) is present below the ceramic layer (10II, 10IV),which more particularly is at least 20% thinner in configuration and comprisesyttrium-stabilized zirconium oxide (YSZ),more particularly 8YSZ,i.e., zirconium oxide stabilized with 3 mol % to 4 mol % of yttrium.
  • 18. The layer system as claimed in claim 15, which comprises a segmentation, more particularly by means of relatively long vertical cracks (14; 15, 15I),in the one or more ceramic layers (10III, 10IV; 13IV),more particularly also in the ceramic sublayer (13IV).
  • 19. The layer system as claimed in claim 18, in which the segmentation is present by means of vertical cracks (15, 15I) only in the outermost ceramic layer (10III, 10IV).
  • 20. The layer system as claimed in claim 18, in which the segmentation runs by means of vertical cracks (14) through both ceramic layers (10IV; 13IV).
Priority Claims (1)
Number Date Country Kind
10 2019 217 445.0 Nov 2019 DE national
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/770,821 filed Apr. 21, 2022 which is a US National Stage of International Application No. PCT/EP2020/057029 filed 18 Mar. 2020, and claims the benefit thereof. The International Application claims the benefit of German Application No. DE 10 2019 217 445.0 filed 12 Nov. 2019. All of the applications are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.

Continuations (1)
Number Date Country
Parent 17770821 Apr 2022 US
Child 19010337 US