Hydrothermal Corrosion of Double Layer Glass/Ceramic Coatings Obtained from Preceramic Polymers.

Ivana Parchovianská,Milan Parchovianský,Hana Kaňková,Aleksandra Nowicka,Dušan Galusek

doi:10.3390/ma14247777

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Polysilazane-based double layer composite coatings consisting of a polymer-derived ceramic (PDC) bond-coat and a PDC top-coat that contains ceramic passive and glass fillers were developed. To investigate the environmental protection ability of the prepared coatings, quasi-dynamic corrosion tests under hydrothermal conditions were conducted at 200 °C for 48–192 h. The tested PDC coatings exhibited significant mass loss of up to 2.25 mg/cm2 after 192 h of corrosion tests, which was attributed to the leaching of elements from the PDC coatings to the corrosion medium. Analysis of corrosion solutions by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) confirmed the presence of Ba, Al, Si, Y, Zr, and Cr, the main component of the steel substrate, in the corrosion medium. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of the corroded surfaces revealed randomly distributed globular crystallites approximately 3.5 µm in diameter. Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDXS) of the precipitates showed the presence of Ba, Al, Si, and O. The predominant phases detected after corrosion tests by X-ray powder diffraction analysis (XRD) were monoclinic and cubic ZrO2, originating from the used passive fillers. In addition, the crystalline phase of BaAl2Si2O8 was also identified, which is in accordance with the results of EDXS analysis of the precipitates formed on the coating surface.

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Ferritic stainless steels are frequently used as components in high temperature industrial processes, such as solid oxide fuel cells, exhaust gas elements, waste incineration plants or in the chemical industry, because of their excellent corrosion and oxidation resistance as well as their relatively low cost
The objective of the present study is to demonstrate the possibility of fabrication of environmental barrier coatings from preceramic polymers as well as to asses and discuss their corrosion behavior under hydrothermal conditions at 200 ◦ C
Two types of corrosion product morphologies were found on the exposed uncoated steel surface

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Ferritic stainless steels are frequently used as components in high temperature industrial processes, such as solid oxide fuel cells, exhaust gas elements, waste incineration plants or in the chemical industry, because of their excellent corrosion and oxidation resistance as well as their relatively low cost. Even stainless steels are susceptible to corrosion under extreme conditions and interact with the environment in which they are used, leading to a deterioration of their physical and mechanical properties which adversely affects their further applicability. Advanced silicon-based ceramics are suitable for operation in aggressive chemical environments, as they resist molten metals, molten salts, hot gases, hot solutions of acids, bases and salts, or supercritical water [2]. Their corrosion resistance was shown to be significantly higher than that of metals, even at ultrahigh temperatures [3]

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