Abstract:
Taking La
2O
3, MgO, SrCO
3, CeO
2 and Ta
2O
5 with high purity as raw reactants, the Sr
3La
3Ce
7Ta
2O
26.5 and Mg
3La
3Ce
7Ta
2O
26.5 oxides were synthesized by multi-step high temperature sintering, and the crystal structure, microstructure and thermophysical properties were investigated. The results show that the obtained oxides exhibited a single pyroxhlore crystal structure; the microstructure was very dense, and the grain boundaries were very clear; the element composition and the corresponding mole ratio were consistent with the corresponding chemical formula. The thermal expansion coefficient of Sr
3La
3Ce
7Ta
2O
26.5 was larger than that of Mg
3La
3Ce
7Ta
2O
26.5, and the thermal expansion coefficients at 1 000℃ were 11.6×10
-6, 11.37×10
-6 K
-1, respectively, which were obviously larger than 9×10
-6 K of 7YSZ; the two oxides had good crystal structure stability at high temperature. The thermal conductivity at 1 200℃ of Sr
3La
3Ce
7Ta
2O
26.5 and Mg
3La
3Ce
7Ta
2O
26.5 were 1.68,1.87 W·m
-1·K
-1, respectively, which were smaller than 2 W·m
-1·K
-1 of 7YSZ; the large ionic radius and atomic mass of Sr
2+ resulted in the lower thermal conductivity of Sr
3La
3Ce
7Ta
2O
26.5 than Mg
3La
3Ce
7Ta
2O
26.5. The thermal conductivity and expansion coefficient of the synthesized oxides both satisfied the requirements for thermal barrier coating.