Evaluation of mechanical properties and oxidation of nanostructured composite MCrAlY/YSZ produced by HVOF method

In this study the effect of addition YSZ on structural properties and oxidation resistance of CoNiCrAlY/YSZ composite were investigated. CoNiCrAlY/YSZ composite powders produced by mechanical alloying process. Various amounts of YSZ particles (0%, 5%, 10% and 15 wt.%) were mixed with CoNiCrAlY powder and milled for 12, 24 and 36 h, then composite and commercial coating were deposited with high velocity oxy -fuel method on the inconel 617 substrate. The structural and mechanical evolutions of the coatings were evaluted using X-ray diffractometry, scanning electron microscopy and microhardness test. It was observed that by increasing YSZ content, porosity of coatings were increased and hardness of coatings were increased too. Also, addition of YSZ to CoNiCrAlY decreased the rate of grain growth in thermal spray process and heat treatment. Increase of porosity result to decreasing oxidation resistance of coatings.