A novel wear resistant glass-ceramic coating system (based on SiO2-B2O3-Al2O3 glass system) on iron based substrate was developed. Friction coefficient, wear rate and coefficient of thermal expansion of coating material were evaluated using suitable methods. The coating materials and the resultant coatings were characterized using differential thermal analysis (DTA), X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). XRD analysis of the coating materials showed presence of a number of microcrystal. SEM micrographs indicate strong chemical bonding at the iron-ceramic interface. The coating material showed perfect properties for protection the iron substrate from abrasion.

The Fe2O3-CaO-SiO2 glass ceramics were prepared by the method of quenching and controlled crystallisation. Differential thermal analysis, X-ray diffractometry and vibrating sample magnetometer were used to study the crystallisation and magnetic properties of Fe2O3-CaO-SiO2 glass ceramics. It was concluded that the main crystalline phases of glass ceramics during the process were Hematite, Iron Silico Oxide and Hedenbergite. The saturation magnetisation values (Ms) of glass ceramics varied between 108 emu•g-1 and 147 emu•g-1. The crystallisation of Hedenbergite lead to the high Hc value (~2000Oe).

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