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Influence of additives (CoO, CaO, B2O3) on thermal and dielectric properties of BaO-Al2O3-SiO2 glass-ceramic sealant for OTM applications

A. I. Borhan·M. Gromada·G. G. Nedelcu·L. Leontie
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The efficiency of glass ceramic sealants plays a crucial role in high temperature applications performance and durability, such as oxygen separation from air. In order to develop suitable sealants, operating at about 950C, several glass-ceramics with different compositional additives and ratios in BAS system have been prepared and investigated. The effects of additive oxides, CaO, CoO, B2O3, as network modifiers on the thermal and dielectric properties of BAS glass-ceramic for further oxygen transport membrane OTM applications were evaluated and discussed. The addition of additives has evident effects on the main crystalline phases and physical properties of the glass-ceramics. Among these systems, B2O3-rich BAS system, BABS, can be densified at the sintering temperature below 700C through viscous sintering. Also, BABS shows the lowest dilatometric softening temperature at 675C, which can be explained by a fast densification associated with a shrinkage of 25 percents. It has highest conductivity, a high dielectric constant of 67.8 and a loss of 0.029 at 10MHz, which provide an attractive feature for many technological applications. The electrical results obtained for BABS glass-ceramic are consistent with the typical requirements for an excellent sealant. However, considering all other properties investigated, only B2O3-rich BAS meets the requirements for use as a sealant for BSCF membrane. Low softening temperature of BABS opens more ways for adding additives to tailor its functional properties, which enable for using as sealant material for OTM applications.

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A. I. Borhan, M. Gromada, G. G. Nedelcu, L. Leontie. 2015-07-13. Influence of additives (CoO, CaO, B2O3) on thermal and dielectric properties of BaO-Al2O3-SiO2 glass-ceramic sealant for OTM applications. https://arxiv.org/abs/1507.03390

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