Investigation of Plasma-Sprayed Dysprosia Coatings

Plasma-sprayed coatings of dysprosia were made and characterized. The coatings consisted mostly of the metastable, monoclinic phase and minor amounts of the cubic phase. Grinding did not transform the high-temperature monoclinic phase, but, on annealing in air at 800° for 5 h, 50% reversion to the cubic phase occurred. Commercial yttria-stabilized zirconia thermal barrier coatings out-performed unannealed plasma-sprayed dysprosia coatings in terms of wear resistance.