1. Design and preparation of composite coatings with increased reflectivity under high-energy continuous wave laser ablation.
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Xu, Weiye, Gao, Lihong, Ma, Chen, Ma, Zhuang, Wu, Taotao, Rogachev, Alexandr A., and Wang, Fuchi
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COMPOSITE coating , *LASER ablation , *PHENOLIC resins , *CONSTRUCTION materials - Abstract
High-energy continuous wave (CW) laser ablation can cause severe damage to structural materials in an extremely short time, which generates considerable concern in terms of material safety. For the purpose of reducing or even eliminating such laser-induced damage, a novel composite coating consisting of a boron-modified phenolic formaldehyde resin incorporating ZrC and SiC has been designed and prepared. The experimental results reveal that ZrC and SiC are rapidly oxidized to ZrO 2 and SiO 2 respectively, leading to the formation of a white ceramic layer consisting of ZrO 2 particles and melted SiO 2. After ablation at 1000 W/cm2 for 50 s, elemental analysis indicates that no Si can be found in the central ablation zone because of gasification. A relatively compact ZrO 2 layer is formed through the sintering of adjacent ZrO 2 particles, which effectively improves the reflectivity of the coating from 7.3% (before ablation) to 63.5% (after ablation). The high reflectivity greatly reduces the absorption of laser energy. In addition, no obvious ablation defects are observed in the composite coating. The excellent anti-laser ablation performance of the coating makes it a promising system for protecting a material against the effects of long-term CW laser ablation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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