Corrosion Resistance of Partially Stabilized Zirconia Materials to Alkaline Steel Slag

Abstract:

Partially stabilized zirconia (PSZ) materials were fabricated using 4 wt% CaO, 3 wt% MgO, and 5.4 wt% Y₂O₃ as stabilizing agents together with monoclinic zirconia powder. The physical properties, phase compositions, and microstructures of the Ca-PSZ, Mg-PSZ, and Y-PSZ samples were investigated by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and energy spectrum analysis. A crucible method was used to explore the relationship between the stabilizing agent and erosion resistance to alkaline steel slag. The results revealed that the zirconia materials stabilized by different stabilizing agents showed obvious differences in their bulk densities, apparent porosities, microstructures, and erosion resistances to alkaline steel slag. The structure of Y-PSZ showed highest density, containing a small number of uniformly distributed pores. In terms of Mg-PSZ, the intergranular bonding in its structure was observed to not be close, and the sample contained some cracks, but no pores. A large number of intragranular pores and a small number of overall pores was observed in Ca-PSZ, resulting in this material having the lowest bulk density. The pores and cracks provide the path to penetrate and diffuse for alkaline steel slag, which weakens the corrosion resistance of PSZ materials. The phase composition of the affected layers in all of the samples after corrosion was almost completely transformed from monoclinic phase to cubic phase, and the phase transition of both the original and transition layers was not obvious due to the formation of a slag film. Y-PSZ did not react with components of the steel slag such as SiO₂ and Al₂O₃, showing the best corrosion resistance to alkaline steel slag.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 852)
• Pages: 119-128
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.852.119
• Online since: July 2020
• Authors: Liang Zhao, Qian Huang*, Hua Yin Sun, Xiang Li
• Keywords: Alkaline Metallurgical Slag, Corrosion Resistance, Partially Stabilized Zirconia, Phase Transition, Stabilizing Agent

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