Sol-Gel Coated Enamel for Steel: 250 Days of Continuous High-Temperature Stability
Ceramics International
2017
Gundars Mežinskis,
Ilona Pavlovska,
Kaspars Mālnieks,
Laimons-Paulis Bīdermanis,
Andris Cimmers,
Pāvels Onufrijevs
Two types of thermally durable and heat-resistant enamel coatings were applied to steel alloys. Three-layer TiO2-SiO2 sol-gel films were grown by a dip-coating method on an enamelled metal alloy to maintain and protect their properties from undesired environmental impact.
The enamel coatings withstood 6000 h at 600 °C, retaining their colour while staying hard and adhering firmly to the metal surface. A three-layer sol-gel coating improved the chemical resistance of the enamelled metal by 6% (0 h), 29% (3000 h), and 28% (6000 h) at 600 °C. Throughout the whole treatment at 600 °C, the enamel coatings maintained their microhardness and even increased it from 3.6 to 4.4 GPa.
Keywords
Enamel for steel; Sol-gel processes; Thermal properties; Chemical properties; Thermal applications
DOI
10.1016/j.ceramint.2016.11.060
Hyperlink
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272884216320661
Mežinskis, G., Pavlovska, I., Mālnieks, K., Bīdermanis, L., Cimmers, A., Onufrijevs, P. Sol-Gel Coated Enamel for Steel: 250 Days of Continuous High-Temperature Stability. Ceramics International, 2017, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp.2977-2983. ISSN 0272-8842. Available from: doi:10.1016/j.ceramint.2016.11.060
Publication language
English (en)