ffect of initial powder morphology on thermal and mechanical properties of stand - alone plasma - sprayed 7 wt . % Y 2 O 3 – ZrO 2 coatings

ffect of initial powder morphology on thermal and mechanical properties of stand-alone plasma-sprayed 7 wt.% Y2O3–ZrO2 coatings Batur Ercan b, Keith J. Bowman a, Rodney W. Trice a,∗, Hsin Wang c, Wally Porter c a School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2044, United States b Division of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, United States c Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6087, United States Received 1 May 2006; received in revised form 21 June 2006; accepted 21 July 2006