An investigation of ceramic coatings for protection of SiC from high-temperature corrosion
Silicon carbide ceramics are susceptible to corrosion by certain industrial furnace environments. This behavior would limit the use of SiC components in ceramic heat exchangers. Because oxide ceramics corrode substantially less in the same environments, ceramic coatings have been investigated for corrosion protection. Coatings with Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/, SiO/sub 2/, or ZrO/sub 2/ as the main constituent were applied to sintered alpha and recrystallized (CS101) SiC substrates. The coated specimens were thermally cycled between room temperature and 1200/degree/C as a test of adherence. Some coatings adhered better to the inherently rougher CS101 SiC; however, most coatings did not adhere to either substrate. Two Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/-based coatings contained cracks, but remained intact during thermal cycling, and two ZrO/sub 2/-based coatings were subjected to corrosion testing at 1200/degree/C in an oxidizing atmosphere containing Na/sub 2/CO/sub 3/. None of these four coatings exhibited the desired corrosion resistance in this test. Coated samples, however, corroded less than an uncoated sample, indicating that coatings can improve corrosion resistance.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 7257147
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-880724-19; ON: DE88011023
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 25. American Society of Mechanical Engineers/American Institute of Chemical Engineers/American Nuclear Society national heat transfer conference, Houston, TX, USA, 24 Jul 1988
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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