Host: The Ceramic Society of Japan
Spinel precursor sol was synthesized by addition of aluminum isopropoxide into the magnesium nitrate solution at 80C. After removal of alcohol, water was added to the sol to control a concentration of the sol. The resultant sol was transparent and slightly cloudy. The sol could be coated and spinel phase was detected after heating at 400C. D-value of the formed phase was not that of gamma-alumina but that of Al2MgO4. The sol was coated on aluminum titanate (AT) ceramics and corrosion in molten aluminum alloy was examined.