TY - JOUR A1 - Nofz, Marianne A1 - Dörfel, Ilona A1 - Sojref, Regine A1 - Wollschläger, Nicole A1 - Mosquera Feijoo, Maria A1 - Schulz, Wencke A1 - Kranzmann, Axel T1 - Thin Sol-Gel Alumina Coating as Protection of a 9% Cr Steel Against Flue Gas Corrosion at 650 °C JF - Oxidation of Metals N2 - Samples of sol-gel alumina coated and uncoated P92 steel were exposed to flue gas at 650 °C for 300 h. As result of this treatment a 50 µm thick bi-layered oxide scale had formed on the surface of the uncoated sample. Below the scale a 40 µm thick inner oxidation zone was detected. In contrast, the porous, micron thick alumina coating enabled the formation of a chromium oxide scale with a thickness of some nanometers at the interface between steel substrate and coating. In this case high temperature corrosion of the steel was prevented so far. KW - Steel KW - Oxide coatings KW - High-temperature corrosion KW - TEM KW - SEM PY - 2018 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11085-017-9799-0 SN - 0030-770X SN - 1573-4889 VL - 89 IS - 3-4 SP - 453 EP - 470 PB - Springer AN - OPUS4-44472 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Aristia, Gabriela A1 - Le, Quynh Hoa A1 - Nofz, Marianne A1 - Sojref, Regine A1 - Bäßler, Ralph T1 - Study of Al2O3 Sol-Gel Coatings on X20Cr13 in Artificial North German Basin Geothermal Water at 150 °C JF - Coatings N2 - Al2O3 has been widely used as a coating in industrial applications due to its excellent chemical and thermal resistance. Considering high temperatures and aggressive mediums exist in geothermal systems, Al2O3 can be a potential coating candidate to protect steels in geothermal applications. In this study, γ-Al2O3 was used as a coating on martensitic steels by applying AlOOH sol followed by a heat treatment at 600 °C. To evaluate the coating application process, one-, two-, and three-layer coatings were tested in the artificial North German Basin (NGB), containing 166 g/L Cl−, at 150 °C and 1 MPa for 168 h. To reveal the stability of the Al2O3 coating in NGB solution, three-layer coatings were used in exposure tests for 24, 168, 672, and 1296 h, followed by surface and cross-section characterization. SEM images show that the Al2O3 coating was stable up to 1296 h of exposure, where the outer layer mostly transformed into boehmite AlOOH with needle-like crystals dominating the surface. Closer analysis of cross-sections showed that the interface between each layer was affected in long-term exposure tests, which caused local delamination after 168 h of exposure. In separate experiments, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) was performed at 150 °C to evaluate the changes of coatings within the first 24 h. Results showed that the most significant decrease in the impedance is within 6 h, which can be associated with the electrolyte penetration through the coating, followed by the formation of AlOOH. Here, results of both short-term EIS measurements (up to 24 h) and long-term exposure tests (up to 1296 h) are discussed. KW - Al2O3 KW - Geothermal KW - Martensitic steels KW - Behmite KW - Corrosion PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-525551 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings11050526 SN - 2079-6412 VL - 11 IS - 5 SP - 526 PB - MDPI CY - Basel AN - OPUS4-52555 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Nofz, Marianne A1 - Dörfel, Ilona A1 - Sojref, Regine A1 - Wollschläger, Nicole A1 - Mosquera Feijoo, Maria A1 - Kranzmann, Axel T1 - Microstructure, smoothening effect, and local defects of alumina sol-gel coatings on ground steel JF - Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology N2 - Porous alumina films with thicknesses of a few microns were prepared via a dip-coating technique on steel P92. The coating is shown to protect the steel against massive corrosion, which is typical in the hot reactive environment of coal fired power plants. To mimic real conditions ground steel plates were coated with a boehmite-sol. This leads to an overall smoothing of the formerly rough surface. In the following short annealing step the inner porous construction with worm-like particles consisting of nano-crystallites and amorphous alumina is formed. Due to the simultaneous diffusion of chromium and iron ions out of the bulk steel material into the porous alumina coating, a dense interface with satisfactory adhesion is formed. However, the film exhibits few local defects like cracks or dense alumina nodules caused by steep edges in the ground surface or agglomeration of boehmite-sol components, respectively. Cracks especially have to be avoided. This problem can be overcome so far by slight modifications in the sol preparation process and surface treatment of the substrates. Nevertheless the results demonstrate the potential of sol-gel based alumina coatings as a time- and cost-saving protection type for commercial steel P92. KW - Alumina coating KW - Steel protection KW - TEM PY - 2017 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-016-4188-8 SN - 0928-0707 VL - 81 IS - 1 SP - 185 EP - 194 PB - Springer CY - New York AN - OPUS4-40044 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Nofz, Marianne A1 - Dörfel, Ilona A1 - Sojref, Regine T1 - Microstructure of sol-gel derived corundum containing coatings JF - Thin solid films N2 - Up to ~ 3 µm thick alumina coatings on corundum ceramic, soda–lime–silica glass and Inconel718™ were produced from mixtures of boehmite sols and corundum suspensions. Transmission electron micrographs in combination with electron diffraction and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy served to identify crystallographic phases and to characterize the microstructure of the coatings. Using corundum ceramic as substrate the initially deposited boehmite transforms via transition aluminas to corundum while heating to 1200 °C. In the cases of glass and Inconel718™ thermal treatments up to 520 °C and 1100 °C, respectively, cause diffusion of ions from the substrates into the coatings. Thus additional oxide phases were formed. All coatings are free of cracks or delaminations and do not show any directed crystal growth. KW - Aluminium oxide KW - Coatings KW - Ceramics KW - Transmission electron microscopy KW - TEM KW - Sol-gel KW - Corundum KW - Alumina PY - 2007 SN - 0040-6090 VL - 515 IS - 18 SP - 7145 EP - 7154 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-15016 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Nofz, Marianne A1 - Dörfel, Ilona A1 - Sojref, Regine A1 - Saliwan Neumann, Romeo T1 - Microstructure of bare and sol-gel alumina-coated nickel-base alloy Inconel 625 after long-term oxidation at 900 °C JF - Oxidation of Metals N2 - Though Ni-base superalloys show a high oxidation and corrosion resistance, coatings could still improve these properties, especially if used at temperatures up to 1000 °C. Here, a coating was prepared by applying a boehmite-sol via dip-coating and a subsequent heat treatment at 600 °C for 30 minutes. To evaluate the coating, the oxidation behavior of bare and alumina coated Ni-base alloy Inconel 625 in air at 900 °C was studied for up to 2000 h. Electron microscopic studies of sample surfaces and cross-sections showed that (i) in the 3.5 µm – 6.3 mm thick scale formed on the bare alloy, Fe and Ni are located as fine precipitates at the grain boundaries of the chromia-rich scale, (ii) Ni and Ti are concentrated to a minor degree at the grain boundaries of the scale, too; and for the coated sample: (iii) the only 1.8 µm thick sol-gel alumina coating slows down the formation of chromia on the alloy surface and reduces the outward diffusion of the alloy constituents. The protective effect of the coating was evidenced by (i) diminished chromium diffusion at grain boundaries resulting in less pronounced string-like protrusions at the outer surface of the coated IN 625, (ii) formation of a Cr-enriched zone above the alloy surface which was thinner than the scale on the uncoated sample, (iii) no detectable Cr-depleted zone at the alloy surface, and (iv) a narrower zone of formation of Kirkendall pores. KW - Inconel 625 KW - High-temperature oxidation KW - Oxidation protection KW - Sol-gel coating PY - 2019 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11085-019-09888-z SN - 0030-770X VL - 91 IS - 3-4 SP - 395 EP - 416 PB - Springer Science+Business Media AN - OPUS4-47665 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Feigl, Michael A1 - Nofz, Marianne A1 - Sojref, Regine A1 - Kohl, Anka T1 - Improved wetting of bare and pre-coated steels by aqueous alumina sols for optimum coating success JF - Journal of sol gel science and technology N2 - Alumina coatings are a promising candidate for the protection of metals prone to high temperature corrosion. If applied via sol–gel process, especially by using so called aqueous modified Yoldas-sols, the deposition is hardened by differences in surface free energy of substrate and sol. In this paper the apparent surface properties of samples to be coated and sols were examined by contact angle measurements, IR-spectroscopy and tensiometry. The results imply, after consideration of possible uncertainties, the use of surface tension reducing 2-butanol already present during hydrolysis of the sols to obtain an easy and successful coating process. KW - Sol-gel KW - Wetting KW - Coating KW - IR-spectroscopy PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-010-2232-7 SN - 0928-0707 SN - 1573-4846 VL - 55 IS - 2 SP - 191 EP - 198 PB - Kluwer Academic Publ. CY - Dordrecht AN - OPUS4-22602 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Goedecke, Caroline A1 - Sojref, Regine A1 - Nguyen, Thi Yen A1 - Piechotta, Christian T1 - Immobilization of photocatalytically active TiO2 nanopowder by high shear granulation JF - Powder Technology N2 - Nano-TiO2 powder is known to show high photocatalytic reactivity in the degradation of several organic pollutants. In thiswork, the powderwas fixed on the surface of SiO2 granuleswith the size of several micrometers using a high shear granulation process. Nanozirconia sol was applied as an inorganic binder. When the samples were tempered at 300 °C, they showed high stability in an aqueous solution for several hours. An energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDX) analysis confirmed that the cores and shells of the granules consisted solely of SiO2 and TiO2 respectively, and that ZrO2 was found throughout the whole granules. Methylene blue (MB) was employed as amodel systemto evaluate the photocatalytic activity of the TiO2 nanopowder and coated granules. Itwas shown that the TiO2-coated granules lead to the degradation ofMB under UV irradiation,whereas no effect was observed in the dark. After the Degradation experiments the granules could be recovered and they remained active for further applications. KW - Heterogeneous photocatalysis KW - Water treatment KW - Advanced oxidation KW - Nanozirconia KW - Methylene blue PY - 2017 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2017.06.025 SN - 0032-5910 SN - 1873-328X VL - 318 SP - 465 EP - 470 AN - OPUS4-41608 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wollschläger, Nicole A1 - Nofz, Marianne A1 - Dörfel, Ilona A1 - Schulz, Wencke A1 - Sojref, Regine A1 - Kranzmann, Axel T1 - Exposition of sol-gel alumina-coated P92 steel to flue gas: Time-resolved microstructure evolution, defect tolerance, and repairing of the coating JF - Materials and Corrosion N2 - Technically relevant P92 steel (9% Cr) was coated with a micron-thick porous alumina layer prepared by sol-gel technique and treated with flue gas (60 CO2-30 H2O-2 O2-1 SO2-7 N2 (mole fraction in %)) at 650 ° to mimic an oxyfuelcombustion process. Local defects in the coating were marked using focused ion beam (FIB) technique and were inspected after exposition to hot flue gas atmosphere at 300, 800, and 1300 h, respectively. Local defects like agglomerated alumina sol particles tend to spall off from the coating uncovering the underlying dense chromia scale. Re-coating was found to restore the protection ability from oxidation when repeatedly treated with hot flue gas. Cracks and voids did not promote the local oxidation due to the formation of crystalline Mn/S/O species within and on top of the coating. The protective character of the steel-coating system is a result of (i) the fast formation of a dense chromia scale at the surface of sol-gel alumina-coated P92 steel bars in combination with (ii) the porous alumina coating acting as diffusion barrier, but also as diffusion partner in addition with (iii) fast Mn outward diffusion capturing the S species from flue gas. KW - Alumina coatings KW - Oxyfuel KW - Steel P92 KW - High temperature corrosion PY - 2018 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/maco.201709712 SN - 1521-4176 SN - 0947-5117 SN - 0043-2822 VL - 69 IS - 4 SP - 492 EP - 502 PB - Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH&Co. KGaA CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-45300 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -