Physical Model for Electrochemical Oxidation of Composite Ceramics
The paper examines the corrosion behavior of dense ZrB 2 -based ceramic samples in simulated seawater (3% NaCl solution) using polarization curves of electrochemical oxidation (ECO). The dense ceramic samples of 3–5% porosity were produced by hot pressing and had the following composition (wt.%): Zr...
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Published in | Powder metallurgy and metal ceramics Vol. 60; no. 5-6; pp. 346 - 351 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
New York
Springer US
01.09.2021
Springer Springer Nature B.V |
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Summary: | The paper examines the corrosion behavior of dense ZrB
2
-based ceramic samples in simulated seawater (3% NaCl solution) using polarization curves of electrochemical oxidation (ECO). The dense ceramic samples of 3–5% porosity were produced by hot pressing and had the following composition (wt.%): ZrB
2
, 77 ZrB
2
–23 SiC, 70 ZrB
2
–20 SiC–10 AlN, and 60 ZrB
2
–20 SiC– 20 (Al
2
O
3
–ZrO
2
). The main ECO parameters were the conduction current
i
, corrosion current
i
corr
(
i
value at which d
i
/d
E
decreased through diversion of some oxygen ions to oxidize the material), and anode potential
E
a
(
E
value at which the protective oxide film failed (
i
> 0)). A two-stage model of the ECO process was proposed upon analysis of the experimental data. At the first stage (
E
<
E
a
,
i
= 0), an oxide film developed on the effective surface: the higher the protective function of the oxide film, the greater its thermodynamic stability. The second ECO stage (
E
>
E
a
,
i
> 0) had two steps of changing the conduction current
i
, carried by negative oxygen ions. The first step was characterized by an avalanche-like increase in
i
at
E
=
E
a
up to maximum
i
=
i
corr
, at which the rate of change in
i
decreased with increasing anode potential (d
i
/d
E
). At higher
i
corr
(second step), the increase in
i
corr
with greater
E
slowed down through the interaction of oxygen with the test material, i.e., through oxidation. The higher the maximum
i
corr
value, the greater the oxidation resistance of the material. According to the proposed model, the highest values of
E
a
and
i
corr
in ECO conditions for ZrB
2
–SiC materials are reached when AlN is added as it promotes the formation of thermodynamically stable mullite in the protective film. An Al
2
O
3
–ZrO
2
oxide addition increases the oxidation resistance of the material (high
i
corr
values) but does not change the composition of the outer borosilicate glass film. This explains the close anode potentials of the 77 ZrB
2
–23 SiC (
E
a
= 0.1 V) and 60 ZrB
2
–20 SiC–20 (68 Al
2
O
3
–32 ZrO
2
) composites (
E
a
= 0 V). |
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ISSN: | 1068-1302 1573-9066 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s11106-021-00249-7 |