The stabilized zirconia/Al coatings were fabricated on the polymer substrate via plasma spraying. Thermal shock resistance and thermal oxidation resistance of the specimens at different temperatures were evaluated. Due to the increased interface stress and substrate oxidation, the coating lifetime reduced with increasing the temperature. The Al-YSZ coatings provided good oxidation resistance, the weight loss and weight loss rate of the specimens decreased greatly and the service lifetimes were prolonged. After oxidation at 673K or 723K, the coatings exhibited a clean interface bonding without visible defects, while the weight loss was primarily attributed to oxygen penetration and heat transfer. 15 decrease as compared with those of substrate, and the oxidation time for 5.0 wt.% weight loss is prolonged during oxidation in air at 673K.Similarly, no apparent defects or other destructions derived from oxidation can be discovered from the specimens coated with Al-YSZ coatings by comparing the specimens before and after thermal oxidation test at 723K for 13 h (Figure 6c and d). Figure 8 displays the curves of weight loss and weight loss rate of the specimens uncoated and coated with Al-YSZ coating during oxidation in air at 723K. As noted from Figure 8a and b, the weight loss and weight loss per unit area of the specimen coated with Al-YSZ coating are also greatly decreased in comparison with that of substrate. From these curves, after oxidation in air at 723K for 13 h, the weight loss and weight loss per unit area of substrate are 20.76 wt.% and 38.89 mg cm -2 , while that of the specimen coated with Al-YSZ coating are reduced to 4.73 wt.% and 13.17 mg cm -2 respectively. It is obvious that the weight loss and weight loss per unit area of the specimen are sharply lessened during oxidation at 723K, which is resulted from the protection of Al-YSZ coating. As shown in Figure 8c, however, the weight loss rates of specimens represent different trends during oxidation at 723K as compared with that of specimen oxidized at 673K. From Figure 8c, the weight loss rate of substrate displays an increase tendency along with the oxidation time extending. Nevertheless, owing to the protection of Al-YSZ coating, the weight loss rate of specimen is decreased after oxidation for the same time and it also slowly increases with the raise in oxidation time. After oxidation at 723K for 13 h, the weight loss rates of the specimens uncoated and coated with Al-YSZ coating are calculated to be 2.99 mg cm -2 h -1 and 1.01 mg cm -2 h -1 , respectively.Correspondingly, by comparing with oxidation behaviors of specimens during oxidation at