Effects of reflectivity on laser-ablation resistance of the laser-cladding repaired Nd2O3 modified SiO2 coatings on C/C composites

To repair the damaged SiC coated C/C composites, a double-layer coating including a SiO2-Nd2O3 external layer (∼60 μm) and a Si-SiC inner layer (∼240 μm) was prepared by a slurry-based laser cladding technique, and the laser-ablation tests under two heat fluxes (23.89/39.81 MW m−2) were performed. The spectrophotometer, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and 3D profilometer were used for characterization. For avoiding the secondary...