High temperature stable thermal barrier coatings useful for substrates that form component parts of engines such as a component from a gas turbine engine exposed to high temperatures are provided. The thermal barrier coatings include a multiphase composite and/or a multilayer coating comprised of two or more phases with at least one phase providing a low thermal conductivity and at least one phase providing mechanical and erosion durability. Such low thermal conductivity phase can include a rare earth zirconate and such mechanical durability phase can include a rare earth a rare earth aluminate. The different phases are thermochemically compatible even at high temperatures above about 1200° C.

A coating agent for forming an oxide film; a method for producing an oxide film; and a method for producing a metal-plated structure, where the stability of the coating agent can be enhanced, and an oxide film which can be plated and has high adhesion to a substrate can be easily formed. The coating agent for forming an oxide film is a liquid coating agent, essentially contains titanium atoms, and optionally contains silicon atoms and copper atoms, wherein the ratio of the sum of the titanium atoms and copper atoms to the silicon atoms is 1:0-3:2. The method for producing an oxide film includes applying the coating agent to a substrate and heating to form an oxide film. The method for producing a metal-plated structure includes: a metal-film-forming step for forming a metal film on the oxide film; and a baking step for baking the metal film.

A cladding tube, a fuel rod and a fuel assembly are disclosed. The cladding tube comprises a tubular base component having an outer surface and an inner surface defining an inner space of the cladding tube housing a pile of fuel pellets. The tubular base component is made of a Zr-based alloy. A coating is applied onto the outer surface for protecting the tubular base component from mechanical wear, oxidation and hydriding. The Zr-based alloy has the following composition: Zr=balance, Al=0-2 wt %, Ti=0-20 wt %, Sn=0-6 wt %, Fe=0-0.4 wt %, Nb=0-0.4 wt %, O=200-1800 wtppm, C=0-200 wtppm, Si=0-200 wtppm, and S=0-200 wtppm. The total amount of Al+Ti+Sn>2.5 wt % and ≤28 wt %.

To provide a plastic model that can achieve a realistic surface state by actual iron rust or the like appearing on an iron-coated component surface and a method of manufacturing the plastic model, and a plastic model component and a method of manufacturing the plastic model component. The above-described problem is solved by a plastic model assembled using a component including a base material and at least an iron-coated layer provided on the base material as some or all components. The iron-coated layer may be provided directly on the base material, may be provided between the base material and a paint film, or may be provided as an outermost surface layer on the base material or on the paint film on the base material provided as necessary on the base material. The iron-coated layer is a pure iron-coated layer or an iron alloy-coated layer, and may contain a dispersing material.

A galvanized steel sheet is covered with an organic resin containing an anticorrosive additive that reduces galvanic current flowing between the zinc coating and the base steel sheet, to thereby considerably suppress intrusion of hydrogen into the steel sheet to prevent delayed fracture of the steel sheet.

A precious metallic laminate may include a first transparent substrate, a transparent transition layer deposited on the first transparent substrate, and a metallic layer deposited on the transparent transition layer. The metallic layer may include a precious metal. The laminate may include a second transparent substrate covering the metallic layer.

A high strength galvanized steel sheet has a composition including, C: 0.02% or more and 0.30% or less, Si: 0.01% or more and 2.5% or less, Mn: 0.1% or more and 3.0% or less, P: 0.003% or more and 0.08% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.001% or more and 0.20% or less, Ti: 0.03% or more and 0.40% or less and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and a zinc-coated layer having a coating weight per surface of 20 g/m.sup.2 or more and 120 g/m.sup.2 or less. The concentration ratio of C to Ti (C/Ti) in a portion within 10 μm from the surface of the base steel sheet is 0.8 or more and 1.5 or less, and the total amount of oxides of one or more selected from Fe, Si, Mn, P, Al and Ti formed in a surface portion within 100 μm from the surface of the base steel sheet is 0.05 g/m.sup.2 or less.

A thermal barrier coated component, such as a turbine blade formed from a superalloy substrate, includes a thermal barrier coating applied onto the substrate. A metallic bond coat layer is on the substrate and includes rare-earth luminescent dopants. A ceramic top coat layer is on the bond coat layer. A temperature sensing thermally grown oxide (TGO) layer is formed at the interface of the bond coat layer and ceramic top coat layer. The temperature sensing TGO layer includes grown rare-earth luminescent ions migrated from the metallic bond coat layer in an amount sufficient to enable luminescence sensing of the TGO layer for real-time phosphor thermometry temperature measurements at the TGO layer.

A coating system for a surface of a superalloy component is provided. The coating system includes a MCrAlY coating on the surface of the superalloy component, where M is Ni, Fe, Co, or a combination thereof. The MCrAlY coating generally has a higher chromium content than the superalloy component. The MCrAlY coating also includes a platinum-group metal aluminide diffusion layer. The MCrAlY coating includes Re, Ta, or a mixture thereof. Methods are also provided for forming a coating system on a surface of a superalloy component.

Provided are a laminated body and a laminated body manufacturing method that can improve adhesiveness between a resin layer and a seed layer. The laminated body has a substrate, a first wiring layer, a resin layer, and a second wiring layer in this order, and the second wiring layer includes at least an adhesive layer and a seed layer in this order.