An article includes a ceramic-based substrate and a barrier layer on the ceramic-based substrate. The barrier layer includes a matrix phase and a network of gettering particles in the matrix phase. The gettering particles have an average maximum dimension between about 30 and 70 microns. The gettering particles have maximum dimensions that range from about 1 to 100 microns, and a dispersion of barium-magnesium alumino-silicate particles in the matrix phase. A composite material and a method of applying a barrier layer to a substrate are also disclosed.

An article includes a ceramic-based substrate and a barrier layer on the ceramic-based substrate. The barrier layer includes a matrix phase and a network of gettering particles in the matrix phase. The gettering particles have an average maximum dimension between about 30 and 70 microns. The gettering particles have maximum dimensions that range from about 1 to 100 microns, and a dispersion of barium-magnesium alumino-silicate particles in the matrix phase. A composite material and a method of applying a barrier layer to a substrate are also disclosed.

An article includes a ceramic-based substrate and a barrier layer on the ceramic-based substrate. The barrier layer includes a matrix phase and gettering particles in the matrix phase. The gettering particles with an aspect ratio greater than one are aligned such that a maximum dimension of the gettering particles extends along an axis that is generally parallel to the substrate. The barrier layer includes a dispersion of diffusive particles in the matrix phase. A composite material and a method of applying a barrier layer to a substrate are also disclosed.

An article includes a ceramic-based substrate and a barrier layer on the ceramic-based substrate. The barrier layer includes a matrix phase and gettering particles in the matrix phase. The gettering particles with an aspect ratio greater than one are aligned such that a maximum dimension of the gettering particles extends along an axis that is generally parallel to the substrate. The barrier layer includes a dispersion of diffusive particles in the matrix phase. A composite material and a method of applying a barrier layer to a substrate are also disclosed.

Systems and methods for forming an oxidation protection system on a composite structure are provided. In various embodiments, an oxidation protection system disposed on a substrate may comprise a boron-silicon-glass layer formed directly on the composite structure. The boron-silicon-glass layer may comprise a boron compound, a silicon compound, and a glass compound.

A method for coating a ceramic matrix composite part with an environmental barrier, the method including a) applying, to a surface of the part, a coating composition including a first powder of a rare earth silicate and a second powder including boron, the coating composition having a ratio R=[mass of the second powder]/[mass of the first powder] of between 0.1% and 5%, and b) sintering the first and second powders to obtain the environmental barrier on the part.

A method for coating a ceramic matrix composite part with an environmental barrier, the method including a) applying, to a surface of the part, a coating composition including a first powder of a rare earth silicate and a second powder including boron, the coating composition having a ratio R=[mass of the second powder]/[mass of the first powder] of between 0.1% and 5%, and b) sintering the first and second powders to obtain the environmental barrier on the part.

A multilayer protective coating system includes a turbine engine component substrate formed of a ceramic matrix composite material, an environmental barrier coating layer including a rare earth disilicate material deposited directly on the substrate, and a plurality of pairs of alternating layers of the rare earth disilicate material and a rare earth monosilicate material deposited and sintered directly on the environmental barrier coating layer. Each layer of the plurality of pairs of alternating layers is relative less thick as compared with the environmental barrier coating layer.

A multilayer protective coating system includes a turbine engine component substrate formed of a ceramic matrix composite material, an environmental barrier coating layer including a rare earth disilicate material deposited directly on the substrate, and a plurality of pairs of alternating layers of the rare earth disilicate material and a rare earth monosilicate material deposited and sintered directly on the environmental barrier coating layer. Each layer of the plurality of pairs of alternating layers is relative less thick as compared with the environmental barrier coating layer.

A coated article including an article having a surface; an oxidation resistant bond coat layer deposited on the surface, the oxidation resistant bond coat layer comprising a metal silicide phase, a crystalline ceramic phase and an amorphous ceramic phase, wherein the metal silicide phase has an aspect ratio greater than 1:1 but less than 50:1.