Abstract
The powders called IZC(Itomuka Zinc Calcine) that are obtained from waste dry battery by roast processing mainly consist of oxides of zinc and manganese. Part of IZC is used as a raw material of the ferrite but the majority is unused. Authors considered its application to the thermal spray material. Thermal sprayed coating made by IZC powders possesses excellent light absorption, heat absorption, electromagnetic wave absorption and hydrophilicity characteristics. Hydrophilicity characteristic of IZC coating is especially remarkable, and IZC coating is expected to be applied for various heat exchangers such as evaporators. In this study, control test was done on two kinds of thermal sprayed coatings made by IZC powders decreased in zinc oxide and manganese dioxide powders without containing zinc oxide, and hydrophilicity characteristic of the IZC coatings were experimentally considered from the viewpoint of structure of coating and chemical composition. As a result of this study, the following useful findings were acquired to the clarification of the hydrophilicity appearance mechanism. Contact angle as an evaluation indicator of hydrophilicity characteristic is effected by manganese oxide stronger than zinc oxide, while not strongly effected by the roughness of the structure. The diameter of waterdrop spread is not necessarily the same even if the contact angle is the same as θ=0°.
