The present disclosure provides a method for coating a composite structure, comprising forming a first slurry by combining a first pre-slurry composition with a first carrier fluid, applying the first slurry on a surface of the composite structure, and heating the composite structure to a temperature sufficient to form a base layer on the composite structure. The first pre-slurry composition may comprise a first phosphate glass composition and a low coefficient of thermal expansion material, wherein the low coefficient of thermal expansion material is a material with a coefficient of thermal expansion of less than 1010.sup.6 C..sup.1.

The present disclosure provides a method for coating a composite structure, comprising forming a first slurry by combining a first pre-slurry composition with a first carrier fluid, applying the first slurry on a surface of the composite structure, and heating the composite structure to a temperature sufficient to form a base layer on the composite structure. The first pre-slurry composition may comprise a first phosphate glass composition and a low coefficient of thermal expansion material, wherein the low coefficient of thermal expansion material is a material with a coefficient of thermal expansion of less than 1010.sup.6 C..sup.1.

Pigments and inks for the decoration of ceramic objects, which have, in their formulation, iron and phosphorus oxides, combined with lithium oxide, the presence of this latter element being that which gives the pigments the capacity of being milled (in the form of a suspension in a solvent base) to the point of being able to obtain inks that are characterized by having very narrow PSD and an upper bound of less than 1 ?m. Thanks to this PSD, inks prepared using these pigments can be applied in standard printing heads to glazed ceramic objects, enabling a metallic gloss and appearance to be obtained after said ceramic objects undergo a firing process. The ink obtain has a low viscosity, allowing an increase in the concentration of the pigment and thus an increase in its yield, optimizing gloss and the metallic appearance of the finished ceramic objects.

A method for manufacturing an abradable layer and a substrate coated with this layer, may include: preparing a powder composition including at least ceramic particles and an inorganic filler having a lamellar crystallographic structure, the volume content of the inorganic filler in the powder composition being in a range of from 1 to 75%; compressing the powder composition; and sintering the powder composition thus compressed in order to obtain the abradable layer.

A method for manufacturing an abradable layer and a substrate coated with this layer, may include: preparing a powder composition including at least ceramic particles and an inorganic filler having a lamellar crystallographic structure, the volume content of the inorganic filler in the powder composition being in a range of from 1 to 75%; compressing the powder composition; and sintering the powder composition thus compressed in order to obtain the abradable layer.

Methods for fabricating protective coating systems for gas turbine engine applications are provided. An exemplary method of applying a protective coating to a substrate includes the steps of providing a substrate formed of a ceramic matrix composite material, forming a first coating layer directly on to the substrate and comprising an oxygen barrier material, a compliance material, or a bonding material and forming a second coating layer directly on to the first coating layer and comprising a thermal barrier material. The method optionally includes forming a third coating layer partially directly on to the second coating layer and partially within at least some of the plurality of pores of the second coating layer.

Methods for fabricating protective coating systems for gas turbine engine applications are provided. An exemplary method of applying a protective coating to a substrate includes the steps of providing a substrate formed of a ceramic matrix composite material, forming a first coating layer directly on to the substrate and comprising an oxygen barrier material, a compliance material, or a bonding material and forming a second coating layer directly on to the first coating layer and comprising a thermal barrier material. The method optionally includes forming a third coating layer partially directly on to the second coating layer and partially within at least some of the plurality of pores of the second coating layer.

The present invention provides the use of lanthanum phosphate for creating non wetting, non-reactive surfaces for molten metals like zinc and aluminium. By virtue of this property, lanthanum phosphate finds extensive applications in metallurgical industry for metal casting.

The present invention provides the use of lanthanum phosphate for creating non wetting, non-reactive surfaces for molten metals like zinc and aluminium. By virtue of this property, lanthanum phosphate finds extensive applications in metallurgical industry for metal casting.

A method for producing an implant blank (100), in particular a dental implant blank from a starting body, said implant blank (100) comprising at least one first area, which is a surface area (102), and a second area, which is a core area (101), wherein the surface area (102) has at least one bioactive surface material (502) and extends from at least one first surface (103) in the direction of the core area (101), and the core area (101) has at least one carrier material that can be subjected to mechanical load. The starting body has a porosity for controlling a targeted distribution of the bioactive surface material (502) within the starting body and is loaded with a solution (500) of the bioactive surface material (502) in a first step, which is a loading step. In a second step, which is a distribution control step, the distribution of the bioactive surface material (502) within the starting body is controlled such that the solution (500) has a higher concentration within the surface area (102) than within the core area (101), the control being effected by regulating one or more environmental parameters in a closed environment (200), in particular by regulating the humidity and/or the pressure and/or the temperature.