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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2021
Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Christopher W. Strock, Kennebunk, ME (US);
Michael J. Maloney, Marlborough, CT (US);
David A. Litton, West Hartford, CT (US);
Benjamin Joseph Zimmerman, Moseley, VA (US);
Brian T. Hazel, Avon, CT (US);
RTX Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A component for a gas turbine engine according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure can include a substrate, a thermal barrier coating deposited on at least a portion of the substrate, and an outer layer deposited on at least a portion of the thermal barrier coating. The outer layer can include a material that is reactive with an environmental contaminant that comes into contact with the outer layer to alter a microstructure of the outer layer.