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Thermographic phosphors have been previously demonstrated to provide effective non-contact, emissivity-independent surface temperature measurements. Due to the translucent nature of thermal barrier coatings (TBCs), thermographic-phosphor-based temperature measurements can be extended beyond the surface to provide depth-selective temperature measurements by incorporating the thermographic phosphor layer at the depth where the temperature measurement is desired. In this paper, thermographic phosphor (Y2O3:Eu) fluorescence decay time measurements are demonstrated to provide through-the-coating-thickness temperature readings up to 1100 °C with the phosphor layer residing beneath a 100-µm-thick TBC (plasmasprayed 8 wt.% yttria-stabilized zirconia). With an appropriately chosen excitation wavelength and detection configuration, it is shown that sufficient phosphor emission is generated to provide effective temperature measurements, despite the attenuation of both the excitation and emission intensities by the overlying TBC. This depth-penetrating temperature measurement capability should prove particularly useful for TBC diagnostics where a large thermal gradient is typically present across the TBC thickness. The fluorescence decay from the Y2O3:Eu layer exhibited both an initial short-term exponential rise and a longer-term exponential decay. The rise time constant was demonstrated to provide better temperature indication below 500 °C while the decay time constant was a better indicator at higher temperatures.
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Eldridge, J.I., Bencic, T.J., Allison, S.W. et al. Depth-penetrating temperature measurements of thermal barrier coatings incorporating thermographic phosphors. J Therm Spray Tech 13, 44–50 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-004-0048-0
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