Dongming Zhu is a senior Materials Research Engineer at Army Research Laboratory, Vehicle Technology Directorate, and Durability and Protective Coatings Branch of Structures and Materials Division, at NASA Glenn Research Center. His expertise covers the areas of thermal conductivity, lattice defects and transport, high temperature oxidation, high-heat-flux testing, and mechanical behavior of ceramic coating systems, with an emphasis on experimental investigation and analytical modeling of processing, thermal fatigue and fracture behavior of advanced protective coatings and composites. His major contributions include the development of low conductivity thermal barrier coatings for turbine airfoil applications, 1650°C thermal/environmental barrier coatings for SiC/SiC ceramic matrix composite turbine vane and combustor liner applications. He has authored more than 100 archival publications and three patents. He is a member of the American Ceramic Society and ASM, International, has been a lead organizer for several International Symposia. He is currently the Chair-elect of the Engineering Ceramic Division of the American Ceramic Society, and an associate editor of the International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology. He has received several awards from NASA and professional societies. He received his Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science from the University of Minnesota in 1996.

• Preface ixIntroduction xiADVANCED THERMAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL COATING PROCESSING AND CHARACTERIZATIONSMultilayered Thermal Barrier Coating Architectures for High Temperature Applications 3Douglas E. Wolfe, Michael P. Schmitt, Dongming Zhu, Amarendra K. Rai, and Rabi BhattacharyaForeign Object Damage (FOD) Behavior of EB-PVD Thermal Barrier Coatings (TBCs) in Airfoil Components 19Jennifer Wright, D. Calvin Faucett, Matt Ayre, and Sung R. ChoiSolid Particle Erosion of Thermal Spray and Physical Vapour Deposition Thermal Barrier Coatings 37F. Cernuschi, C. Guardamagna, L. Lorenzoni, S. Capelli, F. Bossi, R. Vaßen, and K. von NiessenEffect of Hard Thin Film Coatings on Tribochemical Film Behavior under Lubricated Sliding Contact 47C. Lorenzo-Martin, O. O. Ajayi, S. Torrel, N. Demas and G. R. FenskeRare Earth Oxides Pyrochlore Compounds by Soft Chemistry 57A. Joulia, E. Renard, D. Tchou-Kien, M. Vardelle, and S. RossignolDegradation of (Ni.Pt)AI Coatings by Mixture of Sodium and Potassium Sulfate at 950°C 67Le Zhou, Sriparna Mukherjee, and Yongho SohnOriginal 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 77Mathieu Q. Brisebourg, Bernard Boilait, Francis Rebillat, and Francis TeyssandierSilicon Carbide Nanotube Oxidation at High Temperatures 89Nadia Ahlborg and Dongming ZhuADVANCED WEAR-CORROSION RESISTANT, NANO-COMPOSITE AND MULTI-FUNCTIONAL COATINGSEvaluations of Multilayer Coatings for Galvanic Corrosion Resistance Applications—Oxide and Nitride Coatings on Carbon Steel 101C. 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. WangAcoustic Field Assisted Drying of Electrophoretically Deposited Colloidal Coatings 115Changzheng Ji and Houzheng WuTHERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEMSTesting of Candidate Rigid Heat Shield Materials at LHMEL for the Entry, Descent, and Landing Technology Development Project 129Steven Sepka, Matthew Gasch, Robin A. Beck, and Susan WhiteFailure Mechanism of R-Type Temperature Sensor in Extreme Environments 157Hongy Lin and Eric AllainMATERIALS FOR EXTREME ENVIRONMENTSProtection against Oxydation by CVD or SPS Coatings of Hafnium Carbide and Silicon Carbide on Carbon/Carbon Composites 163A. Allemand, Y. Le Petitcorps, O. Szwedek, J. F. Epherre, N. Teneze, and P. DavidProperties of Hot-Pressed Ti2AIN Obtained by SHS Process 171L. Chlubny, J. Lis, M. M. Bucko, and D. KataA Comparative Study of Decomposition Kinetics in Max Phases at Elevated Temperature 179I. M. Low and W. K. PangThe Hardness of ZrB2 between 1373K and 2273 K 187Jianye Wang, E. Feilden-lrving, Luc J. Vandeperre, and F. GiulianiMicrostructural Analysis of a C/ZrC Composites Produced by Melt Infiltration 197Linhua Zou, Sergey Prikhodko, Timothy Stewart, Brian Williams, and Jenn-Ming YangTECHNOLOGIES FOR INNOVATIVE SURFACE COATINGSInteractions between Amorphous Carbon Coatings and Engine Oil Additives: Prediction of the Friction Behavior using Optimized Artificial Neural Networks 209Edgar Schulz, Thilo Breitsprecher, Yashar Musayev, Stephan Tremmel, Tim Hosenfeldt, Sandra Wartzack, and Harald MeerkammControl of Oxygen Content with Oxygen Gas Introduction in Cr(N,0) Thin Films Prepared by Pulsed Laser Deposition 225K. Suzuki, T. Endo, T. Fukushima, A. Sato, T. Suzuki, T. Nakayama, H. Suematsu, and K. NiiharaAuthor Index 235