High-Temperature Dielectric and Microwave Absorption Property of Atmospheric Plasma Sprayed Al2O3-MoSi2-Cu Composite Coating

Abstract

Al2O3-MoSi2 coating has excellent high-temperature stability. On this basis, Al2O3-MoSi2-Cu composite high-temperature absorbing coating was prepared by atmospheric plasma spraying method. The phase transition characteristics of Al2O3-MoSi2-Cu spraying feedstock under high temperatures were analyzed by thermogravimetric test, the phase analysis of coating was performed by an in situ XRD test at different temperatures, and the microstructure of the coating was characterized by SEM. The test results of high-temperature microwave absorption performance show that, in high-temperature air atmosphere, the Cu in the coating is gradually transformed into Cu2O by oxygen atom diffusion, and the microwave absorption performance of the coating gradually increases with the increase in temperature. The 1.7 mm-thick coating at 500 °C has the best absorbing performance with a reflection loss (RL) value of −17.96 dB and an effective absorbing bandwidth (RL < −10 dB) in X-band of 2.42 GHz. The prepared Al2O3-MoSi2-Cu composite high-temperature absorbing coating takes into account the dual advantages of high-temperature stability and high-temperature absorbing properties.

High temperature microwave absorbing materials

“…Gao et al fabricated Al 2 O 3 –MoSi 2 /Cu composites through the atmospheric plasma spraying method. 101 Moreover, the reaction of copper with oxygen could form CuO or Cu 2 O, which improved the high-temperature absorbing performance. The EAB and minimum RL of composites were −19.09 dB and 2.83 GHz at 700 °C, respectively.…”