La2O3 Reinforced Al2O3-TiO2 Ceramic Composites for Inert Coating of Metallic Parts for Petroleum Industry

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Recent findings of Brazilian pre-salt petroleum reservoir has created an intense demand for new materials capable of withstanding direct contact with the crude petroleum as it is a highly corrosive and chemically reactive fluid. Ceramics materials are highly stable in hostile environment and therefore can serve as inert coating to solve some of these problems. In this context, in the present work we have developed La2O3 reinforced Al2O3-TiO2 ceramic composites in proportions of 5-20 wt% titanium oxide and 1-2 wt% with high mechanical strength, through thermo-mechanical processing and sintering techniques To assess the quality of these materials as the protective coatings of crude petroleum storage and transportation systems we have studied the physic-chemical and mechanical stability of these materials in crude petroleum, originated from earthen and offshore petroleum wells of Brazil. These studies present satisfactory results for use of 2 wt% La2O3 reinforced Al2O3-TiO2 .ceramic composites for such applications. Keywords: La2O3 reinforced Al2O3-TiO2 .ceramic composites, protective coatings, metallic parts, crude petroleum

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Materials Science Forum (Volumes 727-728)

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592-596

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August 2012

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