US 7,537,806 B2
Method for producing a thermal barrier coating on a substrate
Brett Allen Rohrer Boutwell, Liberty Township, Ohio (US); Ramgopal Darolia, West Chester, Ohio (US); Curtis Alan Johnson, Niskayuna, N.Y. (US); Irene Spitsberg, Loveland, Ohio (US); Mark Daniel Gorman, West Chester, Ohio (US); and Yan Gao, Niskayuna, N.Y. (US)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Schnectady, N.Y. (US)
Filed on Sep. 05, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/899,331.
Application 11/899331 is a division of application No. 11/006367, filed on Dec. 06, 2004, granted, now 7,476,453.
Prior Publication US 2008/0166499 A1, Jul. 10, 2008
Int. Cl. B32B 18/00 (2006.01); B32B 15/04 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 427—453  [416/241 B; 416/241 R; 427/566; 427/454; 427/446] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for producing a thermal barrier coating on a metallic substrate comprising:
applying over the metallic substrate a thermal barrier coating consisting of a compound consisting of an intended rhombohedral phase, wherein the compound has the formula of: A4B3O12, and wherein A is at least one rare earth element; B is Hf, Zr or a mixture thereof.