| CPC C04B 41/522 (2013.01) [C04B 41/0072 (2013.01); C04B 41/009 (2013.01); C04B 41/4529 (2013.01); C04B 41/5024 (2013.01); C04B 41/5096 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A rare earth silicate-based coating system deposited via a thermal spray process, the coating system comprising:
a bondcoat layer comprising silicon and a sintering aid;
a rare earth silicate-based hermetic layer on the bondcoat layer, the rare earth silicate-based hermetic layer having an elastic modulus ranging from 100 GPa to 180 GPa; and
at least one rare earth silicate-based non-hermetic layer on the rare earth silicate-based hermetic layer, the at least one rare earth silicate-based non-hermetic layer having an elastic modulus ranging from 50 GPa to 100 GPa.
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