In this work, polyamide 1010 (PA1010) films were prepared by melt-quenching. A wide-angle X-ray diffractometer (WAXD) with a thermal stretching stage was used to investigate the structure transformation, crystallinity and degree of orientation in the course of simultaneous thermally stretched PA1010. The crystallinity increased along with the increase of draw ratio and then decreased as the draw ratio was over 2.00 times—which the maximum value reached when the draw ratio was about 2.00 times. The degree of orientation of γ-PA1010 was much greater at higher temperature than room temperature (RT); the difference gradually became weaker with the increase of draw ratio. There was a linear relationship between the draw ratios and tensile force at higher temperatures, and the tensile force increased with the increase of draw ratios. The tensile force may induce crystallization and promote orientation in the course of simultaneous thermally stretched PA1010. These phenomena are beneficial to understand the structure-processing-performance relationship and provide some theoretical basis for the processing and production.

Plasma spray coating employs a high-temperature plasma jet to melt and deposit powdered materials onto substrates and plays a critical role in aerospace and manufacturing. Despite its importance, the influence of torch behavior, particularly the thermal response of plasma to gas composition changes, remains inadequately characterized. In this study, a three-dimensional MHD simulation using OpenFOAM (v2112) was performed on a Metco 9MB plasma torch operating in an Ar–H₂–N₂ environment under the LTE assumption to investigate the effect of nitrogen addition. The simulation revealed that increasing nitrogen levels results in a dual effect on the temperature distribution: temperatures rise near the cathode tip and decrease downstream, likely due to variations in the net emission coefficient and enthalpy characteristics of nitrogen. Furthermore, although the outlet velocity remained largely unaffected, the Mach number increased as the nitrogen reduced the speed of sound. These findings provide essential insights for optimizing ternary gas mixtures to enhance coating efficiency in thermal spray applications.