Three kinds of stabilized zirconia solid electrolytes with 15 mol%MgO, 15 mol%CaO, or 8 mol%Y
2O
3, were allowed to react at 1573 K with Fe
2O
3 in air and with Fe
xO in a CO-CO
2 mixture (CO/CO
2=1). The reaction zone formed at each reaction couple was investigated by metallographic observation and by electron probe microanalyzer survey. The reactivity of reaction couples was different from one another. Results obtained were as follows:
(1) All stabilized zirconia electrolytes examined were attacked with Fe
xO more severely than with Fe
2O
3. In particular, ZrO
2 (8 mol%Y
2O
3) was drastically attacked with Fe
xO.
(2) In the ZrO
2 (15 mol%CaO)/Fe
2O
3 (or Fe
xO) couples, pores were concentrated and enlarged at the grain boundary of ZrO
2 (15 mol%CaO) phase near the reaction interface.
(3) In the ZrO
2 (15 mol%CaO)/Fe
xO couple, a trace of an original interface remained in Fe
xO phase, showing that the interface moved with proceeding of reaction.
(4) In the ZrO
2 (15 mol%MgO)/Fe
2O
3 couple, an intermediate phase, as identified to be magnesioferrite (MgFe
2O
4), was formed in Fe
2O
3 phase slightly apart from the interface. No intermediate phase was detected in the other reaction couples.
(5) The reactivity of stabilized zirconia with iron oxides can be estimated to a considerable extent on the basis of phase diagrams concerned.
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