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Micrographs

Powder spheroidized by WSP torch

Microstructure of alumina WSP coating (free-surface and cross-sections)

Thick alumina coating on a steel substrate

Detail of WSP alumina coating microstructure

Cross-section of free-standing layered Al2O3-Al composite. This type of microstructure may be used as induction heating element

Functionally graded W-stainless steel WSP coating on a steel substrate

Cross-section of WSP coating sprayed from suspension - YSZ ceramics on a smooth substrate

Free-surface of WSP coating sprayed from suspension - YSZ ceramics. Detail of splats (right)

Fully-dense FeAl sintered from powder by SPS

FeAl + Al2O3 composite prepared by SPS method

Microstructure of tungsten-steel composite prepared by SPS method

Microstructure of tungsten strengthened by Y2O3 nanoparticles. Prepared by SPS technology

Interface of bulk W and bulk steel bonded with a thin 50/50 mixed powder interlayer, sintered at 1100 °C

Fracture surface of WSP alumina coating

Fracture surface of FeAl+Al2O3 composite prepared by SPS method

Free-surface of WSP alumina coating

Free-surface of YSZ coating deposited from suspension with the hybrid WSP-H torch

Formation of oxides on free-surface of blasted Hastelloy X superalloy (uncoated) exposed to 980 °C for 100 hours (cooperation with University West, Sweden)

Residues of the glass solidifed on a surface of glass mixing component

Spot of high-voltage dielectric breakdown observed in Y2O3 coating sprayed by GSP (cooperation with Stony Brook University, USA)

Ca and Ti elemental map of CaCO3 + TiO2 powder mixture used for WSP suspension spraying (EDS-SEM)

Fracture surface of CoNiAl alloy prepared by SPS method

TEM and HR-TEM image of WSP EUCOR ceramic coating after annealing. Formation of nanocrystalline phase occurred

Cross-section of as-sprayed amorphous EUCOR ceramic coating deposited by WSP

Amorphous EUCOR ceramic splat deposited by WSP torch on a smooth substrate. Note the absence of cracks

Focused ion beam (FIB) cross-section through helium plasma-induced nanostructure "fuzz" on tungsten (cooperation with Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences)