General Electric Company

Santiago Blackaller Ledesma

Daniel Qi Tan

Wei Zhang

Shekhar Shripad Kamat

Javier Guzman Padilla

A high temperature article, for example an igniter for a combustor is presented. The igniter includes a central electrode having a discharge end, an insulator sleeve surrounding the central electrode and a tubular electrode shell surrounding the insulator sleeve. The tubular electrode shell has a forward end projecting beyond the discharge end. The tubular electrode shell includes an iron-based alloy. The igniter further includes a protective coating including alumina disposed on a surface of the forward end. A combustor of a turbine engine, including the igniter is also presented.

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Queretaro, Mexico

Santiago Blackaller Ledesma