Corrosion Resistance Against Opal Glass of Refractories with Different Zirconia Contents

doi:10.19691/j.cnki.1004-4493.2026.03.002

China's Refractories ›› 2026, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (3): 6-11.DOI: 10.19691/j.cnki.1004-4493.2026.03.002

Corrosion Resistance Against Opal Glass of Refractories with Different Zirconia Contents

LIANG Xinxing^1,*, LIU Siqi^2,3,4, LIU Xiaogang¹, FAN Chongfang¹, YUAN Chenghao¹, GAO Xinlei¹, CHEN Jian^2,3,4, LUO Lida^2,3,4, WANG Qingwei^2,3,4

1 Zhengzhou Fangming High-temperature Ceramic New Materials Co., Ltd., Zhengzhou 452384, China;
2 State Key Laboratory of Advanced Fiber Materials, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China;
3 Engineering Research Center of Advanced Glass Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education, Shanghai 201620, China;
4 Key Laboratory of Special Glass and Enamel for China Light Industry, Shanghai 201620, China

Received:2026-05-15 Published:2026-09-29
Contact: *e-mail: 50777722@qq.com
About author:Liang Xinxing, born in 1982, is a senior economist and associate senior engineer with 17 years R&D experience in industrial ceramics. He is recognized as a Zhongyuan Innovation Leading Talent, and serves as Director of the Henan Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Gradient Functional Zirconia Ceramics. He is a member of the National Technical Committee for Standardization of Industrial Ceramics (SAC/TC194) and the National Technical Committee for Standardization of Refractories (SAC/TC193). Additionally, he holds positions as Director of the Glass Branch of the Chinese Ceramic Society and Vice Chairman of the Chinese Advanced Ceramics Association. He has led or participated in the development of 15 product standards.

Abstract

Abstract: Zirconia-based refractories, characterized by high refractoriness, good corrosion resistance, and low colorability, are therefore widely used in critical areas of glass furnaces. In view of the severe corrosion of refractories by fluorine-containing opal glass, four refractory materials with different zirconia contents—ZR95, Z80, Z60, and AZS41 were selected and their corrosion resistance using the static crucible method at 1 600 °C for 48 h was investigated in this work. The corrosion behavior was evaluated by combining the dimensional changes at the liquid line and the SEM/EDS interfacial analysis. The results show that the four materials all exhibit low corrosion degrees by opal glass, with ZR95 and Z80 retaining more intact interfaces and demonstrating superior corrosion resistance. After the corrosion test, Z80 displays a slight dimension increase at the liquid line, which may be related to the formation of an adherent surface layer or a protective zirconia-rich layer. These findings can provide a reference for the selection of refractories for furnaces processing fluorine-containing opal glass.

Key words: high-zirconia refractories, opal glass, corrosion resistance, liquid line, interfacial structure

LIANG Xinxing, LIU Siqi, LIU Xiaogang, FAN Chongfang, YUAN Chenghao, GAO Xinlei, CHEN Jian, LUO Lida, WANG Qingwei. Corrosion Resistance Against Opal Glass of Refractories with Different Zirconia Contents[J]. China's Refractories, 2026, 35(3): 6-11.

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