Patent ID: 8603930

Claim:
A fused and crushed stabilized powder for thermal spray applications, comprising: between about 60 and 95 weight percent zirconia (ZrO 2 ),with hafnia (HfO 2 ) in an amount of up to about 2.5 weight percent; between about 5 and 40 weight percent stabilizer; and between about 0 and 0.1 weight percent of a total amount of impurities, wherein the total amount of impurities is less than or equal to: about 0.01 weight percent soda, about 0.01 weight percent silica, about 0.01 weight percent alumina, about 0.01 weight percent titania, about 0.01 weight percent hematite, about 0.025 weight percent calcia, and about 0.025 weight percent magnesia.