Preface ix Introduction xi ADVANCED THERMAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL COATING PROCESSING AND CHARACTERIZATIONS Multilayered Thermal Barrier Coating Architectures for High Temperature Applications 3 Douglas E. Wolfe, Michael P. Schmitt, Dongming Zhu, Amarendra K. Rai, and Rabi Bhattacharya Foreign Object Damage (FOD) Behavior of EB-PVD Thermal Barrier Coatings (TBCs) in Airfoil Components 19 Jennifer Wright, D. Calvin Faucett, Matt Ayre, and Sung R. Choi Solid Particle Erosion of Thermal Spray and Physical Vapour Deposition Thermal Barrier Coatings 37 F. Cernuschi, C. Guardamagna, L. Lorenzoni, S. Capelli, F. Bossi, R. Vaßen, and K. von Niessen Effect of Hard Thin Film Coatings on Tribochemical Film Behavior under Lubricated Sliding Contact 47 C. Lorenzo-Martin, O. O. Ajayi, S. Torrel, N. Demas and G. R. Fenske Rare Earth Oxides Pyrochlore Compounds by Soft Chemistry 57 A. Joulia, E. Renard, D. Tchou-Kien, M. Vardelle, and S. Rossignol Degradation of (Ni.Pt)AI Coatings by Mixture of Sodium and Potassium Sulfate at 950°C 67 Le Zhou, Sriparna Mukherjee, and Yongho Sohn Original In-Situ Method to Quantify the SiC Active Corrosion Rate and Active/Passive Transition in Ar/02 and Ar/H20 Gas Mixtures at Very High Temperatures 77 Mathieu Q. Brisebourg, Bernard Boilait, Francis Rebillat, and Francis Teyssandier Silicon Carbide Nanotube Oxidation at High Temperatures 89 Nadia Ahlborg and Dongming Zhu ADVANCED WEAR-CORROSION RESISTANT, NANO-COMPOSITE AND MULTI-FUNCTIONAL COATINGS Evaluations of Multilayer Coatings for Galvanic Corrosion Resistance Applications—Oxide and Nitride Coatings on Carbon Steel 101 C. Qu, R. Kasica, R. Wei, E. McCarty, J. H. Fan, D. D. Edwards, G. Wynick, L Lin, Y. Liu, R. E. Miller, and X. W. Wang Acoustic Field Assisted Drying of Electrophoretically Deposited Colloidal Coatings 115 Changzheng Ji and Houzheng Wu THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS Testing of Candidate Rigid Heat Shield Materials at LHMEL for the Entry, Descent, and Landing Technology Development Project 129 Steven Sepka, Matthew Gasch, Robin A. Beck, and Susan White Failure Mechanism of R-Type Temperature Sensor in Extreme Environments 157 Hongy Lin and Eric Allain MATERIALS FOR EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS Protection against Oxydation by CVD or SPS Coatings of Hafnium Carbide and Silicon Carbide on Carbon/Carbon Composites 163 A. Allemand, Y. Le Petitcorps, O. Szwedek, J. F. Epherre, N. Teneze, and P. David Properties of Hot-Pressed Ti2AIN Obtained by SHS Process 171 L. Chlubny, J. Lis, M. M. Bucko, and D. Kata A Comparative Study of Decomposition Kinetics in Max Phases at Elevated Temperature 179 I. M. Low and W. K. Pang The Hardness of ZrB2 between 1373K and 2273 K 187 Jianye Wang, E. Feilden-lrving, Luc J. Vandeperre, and F. Giuliani Microstructural Analysis of a C/ZrC Composites Produced by Melt Infiltration 197 Linhua Zou, Sergey Prikhodko, Timothy Stewart, Brian Williams, and Jenn-Ming Yang TECHNOLOGIES FOR INNOVATIVE SURFACE COATINGS Interactions between Amorphous Carbon Coatings and Engine Oil Additives: Prediction of the Friction Behavior using Optimized Artificial Neural Networks 209 Edgar Schulz, Thilo Breitsprecher, Yashar Musayev, Stephan Tremmel, Tim Hosenfeldt, Sandra Wartzack, and Harald Meerkamm Control of Oxygen Content with Oxygen Gas Introduction in Cr(N,0) Thin Films Prepared by Pulsed Laser Deposition 225 K. Suzuki, T. Endo, T. Fukushima, A. Sato, T. Suzuki, T. Nakayama, H. Suematsu, and K. Niihara Author Index 235

Learn how new ceramic materials and coatings are designed to perform in extreme environments Exploring advanced ceramic coatings and ultra-high temperature ceramic materials, this issue brings readers up to date with important new and emerging findings, materials, and applications. The nineteen papers in this issue originate from two symposia and one focused session held in January 2012, during the 36th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC) in Daytona Beach, Florida: International Symposium on Advanced Ceramic Coatings for Structural, Environmental, and Functional ApplicationsInternational Symposium on Materials for Extreme Environments: Ultra-high Temperature Ceramics (UHTCs) and Nanolaminated Ternary Carbide and Nitrides (MAX Phases)Focused Session on Next Generation Technologies for Innovative Surface Coatings With contributions from leading ceramics and materials researchers from around the world, this issue explores the latest advances and key challenges in: Advanced thermal and environmental coating processing and characterizationsAdvanced wear corrosion-resistant, nanocomposite, and multi-functional coatingsThermal protection systemsMaterials designed for extreme environmentsTechnologies for innovative surface coatings Photographs and illustrations throughout this issue will help readers understand how new ceramic materials are designed to perform a variety of key functions in a broad range of extreme environments. This issue represents one of nine CESP issues published from the 36th ICACC meeting. ICACC is the world's most prominent international meeting dedicated to advanced structural, functional, and nanoscopic ceramics, composites, and other emerging ceramic materials and technologies. ICACC has been organized each year by The American Ceramic Society and The American Ceramic Society's Engineering Ceramics Division since 1977.