Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a method for preparing the surface of an object to which a sprayed coating is applied that offers the following advantages: 1) permits thick coatings (>10 mm) to be applied without peeling, spalling, or cracking, 2) provides greater thermal shock resistance for the coatings, and 3) is applicable to almost all sprayed coating techniques, including thermal and plasma spray for both metallic and ceramic materials.
Applications
- Wear-resistant thermal/plasma sprayed coatings (ITER is a special subset)
- Corrosion (anodic protection)-resistant coatings.
Advantages
- Cost of application, downtime/lifetime savings, infrastructure modification.
More info: John Mott, Technology Transfer Division, 505-665-0883 or jmott@lanl.gov
