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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2008
Brian Thomas Hazel, West Chester, OH (US);
Mark Gorman, West Chester, OH (US);
Bangalore A. Nagaraj, West Chester, OH (US);
Brian Thomas Hazel, West Chester, OH (US);
Mark Gorman, West Chester, OH (US);
Bangalore A. Nagaraj, West Chester, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
According to an embodiment of the invention, an article of manufacture for use in a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The article comprises a part having a surface covered with a ceramic thermal barrier coating. The thermal barrier coating has an outer surface covered with a sacrificial phosphate coating, wherein the sacrificial phosphate coating reacts with contaminant compositions to prevent contaminant infiltration into the thermal barrier coating.