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    GRK 2802: Investigations on the corrosion of 316L steel composite materials with MgO/TiO2 ceramic immersed in molten cryolite
    (Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, 2026-06-25) Yaroshevskyi, Serhii; Weigelt, Christian; Kerber, Florian; Brachhold, Nora; Zienert, Tilo; Adamczyk, Alexander; Vogt, Daniel; Charitos, Alexandros; Aneziris, Christos G.
    Composites based on a steel with 40 vol% magnesia or titania were produced with the ceramics-derived extrusion and pressureless sintering. The materials were tested in a laboratory-scale fused-salt electrolysis cell with a synthetic cryolite in order to identify their potential use as electrode material in the Hall-Heroult process. The highly corrosive atmosphere and salt melt initiated certain corrosion effects in both material variants. The corrosion depth was determined with 1160 μm for magnesia and 463 μm for titania, respectively, after 8 h corrosion test. The initial corrosion includes the complete penetration of the specimens with cryolite and the dissolution of the ceramic component. A pre-oxidation of the specimens containing magnesia depressed the corrosion depth by 75% due to the formation of an aluminium oxide layer in the composite material during corrosion tests. The reduction in corrosion depth by pre-oxidation was less ronounced for the TiO2 composite materials (- 15%).
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    GRK 2802: Steel ceramic composite anodes based on recycled MgO–C lining bricks for applications in cryolite/aluminum melts
    (Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, 2026-02-16) Yaroshevskyi, Serhii; Weigelt, Christian; Malczyk, Piotr; Roungos, Vasileios; Hubalkova, Jana; Zienert, Tilo; Kraft, Bastian; Wagner, Stefan; Aneziris, Christos
    Novel manufacturing route for composite inert anodes containing 60:40 of 316 L stainless steel and MgO powder obtained from recycled MgO-C brick material has been developed and evaluated. After burnout of residual carbon from the recycled MgO-C powder, MgO and steel were granulated and pre-sintered in order to generate agglomerates of composite material acting as coarse grains within the composite material, and thus lowering the sintering-related shrinkage. The pre-sintered granules were mixed with raw steel and MgO powder in order to achieve a high particle packing and subsequently cold isostatically pressed in the form of electrodes. All manufactured anode samples were subjected to sintering at 1350 ◦C and pre-oxidation at different temperatures – 800 °C, 900 °C, and 1000 °C. Afterwards, mechanical and electrical properties of the manufactured electrodes were characterized. The results show that upcycling of the MgO-C material enables manufacturing of sophisticated electrode products, which can be applied in the aluminum industry.