Patent ID: 8679246

Claim:
A method of spray coating, comprising feeding an amorphous mixed metal oxide to a thermal spray coating device; wherein the amorphous mixed metal oxide is selected from the group consisting of alumina-zirconia (Al 2 O 3 —ZrO 2 ), magnesia-yttria (MgO—Y 2 O 3 ), yttria-yttria alumina garnet (Y 2 O 3 —YAG), alumina-yttria alumina garnet (Al 2 O 3 —YAG), alumina-spinel (Al 2 O 3 —MgAl 2 O 4 ), zirconia-spinel (ZrO 2 —MgAl 2 O 4 ), zirconia-iron oxide (ZrO 2 —Fe 2 O 3 ), and mixtures thereof.