Effect of Plasma Pretreatment on Thermal Durability of Thermal Barrier Coatings in Cyclic Thermal Exposure

Figure 2

Highly magnified microstructures at the interfaces of the top and bond coats in TBCs: (a) TBC-A, (b) TBC-B, (c) TBC-C, (d) TBC-D, (e) TBC-E, and (f) TBC-F.

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