Comparison of Sol-Gel Methods for Washcoating Metallic Substrates
نویسندگان
1 Department of Chemical Engineering,Tarbiat Modares University
2 Department of Chemical Engineering,Tarbiat Modares University
3 Department of Chemical Engineering,Tarbiat Modares University
4 Department of Chemical Engineering,Tarbiat Modares University
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چکیده
FeCrAl foils were coated with alumina. Washcoating solutions were prepared using di erent sol-gel methods. Method A uses an inorganic precursor of aluminum nitrate and a complexing agent of Acetylactone, method B is a hot hydrolysis of aluminum alkoxide, and method C is a modi cation of method B, by adding aluminum acetylacetonate. The last method, D, is a hydrolysis of aluminum alkoxide at room temperature. Washcoating solutions were deposited on FeCrAl foils through dip coating. Then, the coated foils were dried at 100C and calcined at 600C/3 for 2 hours. Ultrasound vibration tests showed a good adhesion of washcoat layers. Characteristics of the washcoat layers were determined by X-Ray Di raction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Brunauer-Emmet-Telller (BET), and Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA) tests. Results of BET tests show that surface areas in sol-gel methods are greater than those found in the suspension method, and the inorganic sol-gel method (method A) has a lower surface area than those found in organic sol-gel methods.
