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The hot corrosion resistance of lanthanum zirconate and 8 wt. % yttria-stabilized zirconia coatings produced by thermal spraying for use as thermal barriers on industrial gas turbines or in aerospace applications was evaluated. The two ceramic oxide coatings were exposed for various periods of time at temperatures up to 1000°C to vanadium- and sulfur-containing compounds, species often produced during the combustion of typical fuels used in these applications. Changes in the coatings were studied using a scanning electron microscope to observe the microstructure and x-ray diffraction techniques to analyze the phase composition. The results showed different behaviors for the two materials: the zirconia-based coating being rapidly degraded by the vanadium compounds and resistant to attack by the sulfur materials while the lanthanum zirconate was less damaged by exposure to vanadia but severely attacked in the presence of sulfur-containing species. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ice friction is affected by various system and surface-related parameters such as ice temperature, ambient air temperature and humidity, relative sliding velocity, specific surface pressures and surface texture (waviness, roughness) as well as the macroscopic geometry of the samples. The influences of these parameters cannot be easily separated from each other. Therefore, ice friction is a very complex tribological system and it is challenging to draw sound conclusions from the experiments. In this work, ice friction experiments with stainless steel samples that have different isotropic surface roughness values were carried out. Two tribological experimental setups were used: (i) an inclined ice track where the sliding velocity of the freely sliding steel samples was determined and (ii) an oscillating tribometer, where the coefficient of friction was assessed. For both experimental setups, the environmental parameters such as air temperature, relative humidity and ice surface temperature as well as the test parameters such as normal load and surface pressure were kept as constant as possible. The results of the experiments are discussed in relation to the ice friction mechanisms and the friction regimes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]