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Study of a ceramic thermocouple for Al production

  • L. C. Feng
  • , L. Zhen*
  • , W. Z. Shao
  • , N. Xie
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

A ceramic thermocouple (CTC) was assembled using SiC as the cathode and MoSi2 as the anode for the temperature test of the aluminum electrolysis. The NiFe2O4 was sprayed on the surface of SiC cathode for increasing the corrosion resistance ability in the cryolite. The corrosion behavior of NiFe2O4 in the cryolite was investigated. The results of the corrosion tests show that the NiFe 2O4 has a very low corrosion rate in the cryolite, and a corrosion layer was formed during the corrosion test. The mechanisms of the NiFe2O4 corrosion are reactive corrosion and particles flaking. The thermo emf of SiC-MoSi2 CTC was tested from 25°C to 1300°C in air. The results show that thermo emf has a linear relationship with the temperature dependence, and reached 350 mV at 1300°C The CTC which consists of SiC-MoSi2 prepared in the same batch has a preferable interchangeability. By holding temperature at 1300°C, the deviation of thermo emf is 0.5 %, which is better than the criterion of industry thermocouple, 0.75 %. The CTC response time was also analyzed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProgress in Light Metals, Aerospace Materials and Superconductors
PublisherTrans Tech Publications Ltd
Pages2195-2198
Number of pages4
EditionPART 4
ISBN (Print)0878494324, 9780878494323
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes
Event2006 Beijing International Materials Week, 2006 BIMW - International Conference on Superconducting Materials, ICSM 2006 - Beijing, China
Duration: 25 Jun 200630 Jun 2006

Publication series

NameMaterials Science Forum
NumberPART 4
Volume546-549
ISSN (Print)0255-5476
ISSN (Electronic)1662-9752

Conference

Conference2006 Beijing International Materials Week, 2006 BIMW - International Conference on Superconducting Materials, ICSM 2006
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period25/06/0630/06/06

Keywords

  • Ceramic thermocouple
  • Cryolite
  • NiFeO
  • Thermo emf

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