Plasma Sprayed Zirconia: Relationships Between Particle Parameters, Splat Formation and Deposit Generation-Part I: Impact and Solidification

Joint research work between the University of Limoges and the State University of New York, Stony Brook, has been carried out on the impact and solidification of plasma sprayed zirconia particles. A measurement device, consisting of a phase doppler particle analyser and a pyrometer, was used to correlate the characteristic parameters of splats to those of the substrate and to the size, velocity and temperature of the impacting particles.