Metallographic techniques for evaluation of Thermal Barrier Coatings produced by Electron Beam Physical Vapor Deposition

Engineering & Materials Science

• Compliance 13%
• Electron beams 70%
• Image analysis 14%
• Materials properties 12%
• Physical vapor deposition 73%
• Porosity 12%
• Quality control 14%
• Thermal barrier coatings 77%
• Turbine components 19%
• Turbines 11%

Chemical Compounds

• Application 9%
• Ceramic 11%
• Column Like Crystal 8%
• Compliance 18%
• Electron Beam Physical Vapour Deposition 100%
• Grain Size 13%
• Porosity 17%
• Quality Control 13%
• Thermal Barrier Coating 81%
• Time 5%
• Turbine 39%

Physics & Astronomy

• ceramics 9%
• coatings 40%
• electron beams 42%
• evaluation 37%
• grain size 11%
• image analysis 16%
• porosity 10%
• quality control 16%
• scaling 10%
• turbines 32%
• vapor deposition 45%
• voids 12%