CN106469807B - Cathode components, energy accumulating device and method - Google Patents

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CN106469807B
CN106469807B CN201510511572.0A CN201510511572A CN106469807B CN 106469807 B CN106469807 B CN 106469807B CN 201510511572 A CN201510511572 A CN 201510511572A CN 106469807 B CN106469807 B CN 106469807B
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a kind of cathode components, it includes the metal oxide of at least one electroactive metal, at least one alkali halide, at least one electrolyte and electrochemicaUy inert, wherein the metal oxide of the electrochemicaUy inert does not contain the cation that can carry out ion exchange in electrochemical process and its average grain diameter at 0.01 micron to 100 microns.The invention further relates to use the energy storage device of the cathode components and manufacture the method for the energy storage device.

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Cathode components, energy accumulating device and method
Technical field
This invention relates generally to a kind of electrode material components, more particularly, to a kind of cathode components, using the cathode The energy storage device of component and the method for preparing the energy storage device.
Background technique
Sodium-metal halide battery, such as sodium-metal chloride battery (sodium metal chloride Batteries), it is considered to be the very big energy accumulating device of development potentiality, because their voltages are high, theoretical specific energy is high, Application environment is extensive and highly-safe.Sodium-metal halide battery generally comprise molten metal cathode (commonly referred to as anode), For the anode (commonly referred to as cathode) of electronics is stored or supplied in battery charging and discharging and is used as between anode and cathode The solid electrolyte of " diaphragm ".Sodium-metal halide battery is usually in the discharged condition with sodium halide and electro-chemical activity gold Belonging to nickel such as is two main materials made of cathode assembling.During the charging process, the electroactive metal is in negative pole part Divide and is oxidized to be formed metal halide, and sodium ion is transferred to anode by electrolyte and is reduced into metal.
For example, sodium-nickel chloride battery is in the discharged condition using sodium chloride and nickel as two kinds of primary active materials, in yin Pole assembles.The cathode material is immersed in sodium terachloroaluminate (NaAlCl4), when operating temperature range is at 260 DEG C to 340 DEG C When, the sodium terachloroaluminate has very strong conductibility to sodium ion.During the charging process, metallic nickel is in cathode portion by oxygen Change, and sodium ion is transferred to anode by electrolyte and is reduced into metal.Basic electrochemical reaction can be by following formula subrepresentation:
Ni+2NaCl→NiCl2+2Na
When electric discharge, sodium is transferred to cathode from anode to regenerate sodium halide.In the case where low discharge rate-fixed Using when mostly be such case, existing sodium halide (such as sodium chloride) crystal tends to the nucleus of new crystal regrowth. The longer the halogenation sodium crystal that long-term electrochemistry circulation results in cell cathode in such a situa-tion the bigger.This process is claimed For " roughening " or " curing ".Halogenation sodium crystal original dimensions are less than 100 microns, and size can be increased to constantly several in cyclic process Millimeter.The dissolution that the biggish sodium halide of crystalline size may result in salt does not catch up with charge rate, to increase during the charging process Hyper polarization impedance.In extreme circumstances, halogenation sodium crystal can not be totally consumed within the actual charging time.This outer cathode The growth of internal sodium halide may also can destroy conductive metal nickel overall structure so as to cause the increase of resistance.Therefore, sodium halide Growth be considered as nickel-sodium chloride battery performance degradation and capacitance loss a major reason.
It is formed therefore, it is necessary to the new cathode material that one kind can slow down wherein halide over-dimension growth and corresponding Battery.
Summary of the invention
On the one hand, a kind of cathode components include at least one electroactive metal, at least one alkali halide, extremely The metal oxide of a kind of few electrolyte and electrochemicaUy inert, wherein the metal oxide of the electrochemicaUy inert does not contain The cation that can carry out ion exchange in electrochemical process and its average grain diameter is at 0.01 micron to 100 microns.
On the other hand, a kind of energy storage device includes first chamber, the second chamber including cathode components and is located at Diaphragm between first chamber and second chamber.The cathode components include at least one electroactive metal, at least one The metal oxide of alkali halide, at least one electrolyte and electrochemicaUy inert, wherein the gold of the electrochemicaUy inert Belong to oxide and does not contain the cation that can carry out ion exchange in electrochemical process and its average grain diameter at 0.01 micron to 100 Micron.
On the other hand, a kind of method manufacturing energy storage device includes providing a shell, and inner surface has determined pair The volume answered.The method also includes placing in the housing diaphragm, wherein the diaphragm has first surface and second Surface, the first surface define at least part of first chamber, and the second surface defines second chamber at least A part communicates between the first chamber and the second chamber via the diaphragm ion.The method also includes will be negative Pole component is placed on the second chamber, wherein the cathode components include at least one electroactive metal, at least one The metal oxide of alkali halide, at least one electrolyte and electrochemicaUy inert, the metal oxygen of the electrochemicaUy inert Compound does not contain the cation that ion exchange can be carried out in electrochemical process and its average grain diameter is micro- to 100 at 0.01 micron Rice.
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When reading described in detail below referring to attached drawing, these and other features of the invention, aspect and advantage will become It is best understood from, in the accompanying drawings, identical element numbers are used to indicate identical component in all the attached drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 shows the cross-sectional view of a part of the electrochemical single battery of one embodiment of the present of invention.
Fig. 2 shows the cross-sectional view of a part of the electrochemical single battery of another embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 3 shows the schematic diagram that the discharge capacity of characterization circulation changes with cycle-index.
Fig. 4, which is shown, recharges the schematic diagram that capacity changes with cycle-index.
Specific embodiment
Specific embodiments of the present invention are related to cathode components, are somebody's turn to do using the energy storage device and manufacture of the cathode components The method of energy storage device, wherein the cathode components mainly include electroactive metal, the halide of alkali metal and use Come slow down the alkali metal halide crystal growth and roughening additive.
Unless otherwise defined, the technical term or scientific term used in the present specification and claims is should be The ordinary meaning that personage in the technical field of the invention with general technical ability is understood.This specification and claims Used in " first " either " second " and similar word are not offered as any sequence, quantity or importance, and be For distinguishing different component parts.The similar word such as "one" or " one " is not offered as quantity limitation, but indicates exist At least one.The language of approximation used herein can be used for quantitative expression, show the case where not changing basic function Permissible quantity has certain variation down.Therefore, the accurate number is not limited to the modified numerical value of the language such as " about ", " left and right " institute Value itself.In addition, " about " corrects the first numerical value and the second number simultaneously in the statement of " the about first numerical value to second value " It is worth two values.In some cases, approximating language may be related with the precision of measuring instrument.Number mentioned in the present invention Value includes the increased all numerical value of one unit of a unit from low to high, it is assumed herein that between any lower value and high value Every Unit at least two.
All numerical value between minimum to peak enumerated herein, refer to when between minimum and peak When differing two units or more, all numerical value for being obtained using a unit as increment between minimum and peak.For example, as temperature The quantity of the similar component such as degree, air pressure, time and the numerical value of process etc., when we say 1 to 90, reference is such as 15 to arrive 85, the similar enumerated value such as 22 to 68,43 to 51,30 to 32.When numerical value is less than 1, a unit can be 0.0001, 0.001,0.01 or 0.1.Here only illustrate as particular examples.The number enumerated herein refers to similar side The all possible combinations of values between a minimum value and a maximum value that method obtains.
On the one hand, the embodiment of the present invention is related to a kind of cathode components, mainly includes at least one electro-chemical activity gold Belong to, the crystalline substance of the crystal generation of the halide of at least one alkali metal and at least one halide for inhibiting the alkali metal Kind additive.The additive may include the metallic compound with the electrochemicaUy inert of suitable particle size, for example, electrochemistry Inert metal oxide.When be used for halogenation sode cell when, the additive can by provide during discharge it is inert and Well-distributed crystal seed promotes sodium halide homogeneous nucleation." metal oxide of electrochemicaUy inert " as described herein refers in energy Under the operating condition for measuring storage device, metal oxide that is stable in cathode environment, being not involved in electrochemical reaction substantially.In In some embodiments, under the operating condition of energy storage device, the chemical composition of the metal oxide of the electrochemicaUy inert It is held essentially constant with form.In some instances, the metal oxide of the electrochemicaUy inert substantially can not be in electrochemistry Ion exchange is carried out in the process, without containing the cation that can be swapped in electrochemical process.So can also be referred to as " non- Ion exchange oxide ".
In some embodiments, the electroactive metal be selected from titanium, vanadium, niobium, molybdenum, nickel, cobalt, chromium, copper, manganese, silver, Antimony, cadmium, tin, lead, iron, zinc or their combination.In some specific embodiments, the electroactive metal includes Nickel, cobalt, chromium, copper, iron, zinc or their combination.In certain embodiments, the electroactive metal include nickel and Iron.
In some embodiments, suitable alkali halide includes at least one in sodium halide, potassium halide or lithium halide It is a.In some embodiments, suitable alkali halide includes chloride, bromide, iodide or fluoride.In some realities It applies in example, the cathode components include at least one sodium halide.In some embodiments, the cathode components include at least two Alkali halide.In some embodiments, at least two alkali halide includes sodium chloride and sodium iodide.Some In further embodiment, the alkali halide includes sodium chloride and at least one of sodium fluoride and sodium iodide.
In some embodiments, the crystal seed additive includes the metal oxide of electrochemicaUy inert.In some embodiments In, the metal oxide of the electrochemicaUy inert is selected from titanium oxide, zirconium oxide, magnesia, aluminium oxide or their combination.In In some specific embodiments, the metal oxide of the electrochemicaUy inert includes titanium oxide, zirconium oxide or their combination. In certain embodiments, the metal oxide of the electrochemicaUy inert is titanium oxide.The metal of the electrochemicaUy inert aoxidizes Object has characteristic in terms of at least one of average grain diameter and size distribution.In some embodiments, the electrochemicaUy inert Metal oxide average grain diameter between about 0.01 micron to about 100 microns.In some embodiments, the electrification The average grain diameter of inert metal oxide is learned between about 0.01 micron to about 10 microns.In some embodiments, institute The average grain diameter of the metal oxide of electrochemicaUy inert is stated between about 0.01 micron to about 1 micron.
There are suitable dimension and in energy storage devices inertia and stable particle can be used it should be noted that any As crystal seed additive.The crystal seed additive is also possible to the metallization of other electrochemicaUy inerts other than metal oxide Close object.In some embodiments, the metallic compound of the electrochemicaUy inert may include the metal salt of electrochemicaUy inert, such as sulphur The sulfate such as sour barium.
In some embodiments, the electroactive metal and alkali halide are introduced into cathode in the form of granules As cathode components.In some embodiments, the additive was mixed into cathode in the step of particle is formed, It will hereafter be specifically described.The usual additive is uniformly dispersed in the particle of cathode components.
In some embodiments, weight of the additive metal oxide of the electrochemicaUy inert relative to the cathode components Measure percentage about 0.25% to 25% range.In some embodiments, the metal oxide addition of the electrochemicaUy inert Agent relative to the cathode components weight percent about 0.5% to 10% range.
In some embodiments, the cathode components further comprise electrolyte.In some embodiments, the cathode sets Fused electrolyte is filled in point.In some embodiments, the fused electrolyte passes ion from diaphragm (being described below) Defeated to arrive the cathode components, vice versa.In a specific embodiment, the fused electrolyte includes such as alkali metal halogen The binary salts such as the halide of compound and aluminium.In a specific embodiment, the fused electrolyte is sodium terachloroaluminate (NaAlCl4).In some embodiments, the fused electrolyte includes additional metal halide and forms ternary or quaternary Electrolyte.
It supplements discussed above, the cathode components may include some other component parts.For example, in addition to electrolysis It may also include existing aluminium element in other forms except aluminium element in matter salt and aluminum halide, in cathode components.In some realities It applies in example, the aluminium can be to be existed in the form of element, such as the sheet metal or particle of aluminium.
In one embodiment, the cathode components can further comprise sulphur, with sulfur molecule or sulfur-containing compound, such as The form of metal sulfide exists.The metal being suitable as in the metal sulfide includes alkali metal or transition metal.In In one embodiment, the cathode components include Metal polysulfide complex.In one embodiment, the Metal polysulfide complex includes Ferrous disulfide, sodium disulfide, curing nickel or their combination.
On the one hand, the embodiment of the present invention is related to energy storage device.In one embodiment, the energy storage device Including electrochemical single battery.Fig. 1 shows a kind of electrochemical single battery 100, specifically, it is shown that the single battery 100 front cross-sectional view.The electrochemical single battery 100 includes shell 112.The shell 112 has inner surface 114, defines Certain space.Diaphragm 116 is placed in shell 112.The diaphragm 116 has first surface 118,118 boundary of first surface First chamber 120 (for example, anode chamber) is determined.The diaphragm 116 have second surface 122 define second chamber 124 (for example, Cathode chamber).Between the first chamber 120 and the second chamber 124 ion exchange can be carried out by diaphragm 116.This place Refer to that ion passes through round-trip of the diaphragm 116 between first chamber 120 and second chamber 124 with term " ion exchange ". In some embodiments, the diaphragm can transmit alkali metal ion between first chamber and second chamber.Suitable ion Material may include the cationic form of one or more of sodium, lithium and potassium.
In the embodiment illustrated in fig. 1, second chamber 124 is located in first chamber 120.In such embodiments, Cathode chamber 124 is in anode chamber 120.In other embodiments, as shown in Fig. 2, first chamber 120 is located in second chamber In 124.In such embodiments, anode chamber 120 is in cathode chamber 124.
In one embodiment, there are anodic composition (not shown in the diagram), institute in the first chamber or anode chamber 120 Stating has cathode components 130 in cathode chamber 124.Generally, electrochemical single battery is in ground state (uncharged state) Shi Suoshu anode Room 120 is empty.In cell operations, the anode chamber 120 is filled with metal, these metals are in the form of an ion from cathode Room 124 by diaphragm 116 flow to anode chamber 120 come.In some embodiments, the anode chamber 120 receives and stores an appearance The anodic composition of device.Generally, the anodic composition includes alkali metal.The unrestricted example of the anodic composition includes Lithium, sodium or potassium.The anodic composition is usually molten state when in use.In one embodiment, the anodic composition includes sodium.
In some embodiments, the anodic composition may include one or more additives.It is suitable for use in anodic composition Additive may include metallicity oxygen quencher.The oxygen quencher of the suitable metallicity may include manganese, vanadium, zirconium, aluminium or One or more in titanium.Other useful additives may include increasing described to define sun by the anodic composition of melting The material of the membrane surface humidity of pole room.
In addition, as previously mentioned, cathode components 130 are placed in second chamber 124.In some embodiments, the cathode Component 130 includes at least one electroactive metal, at least one alkali halide, at least one electrolyte, Yi Jizhi A kind of few additive for preventing the crystal of the halide of the alkali metal to be roughened.At least one additive includes average grain Diameter is about in the metal oxide of 0.01 micron to 100 microns of electrochemicaUy inert.
As illustrated in fig. 1 and 2, the electrochemical single battery 100 may also comprise the negative electricity being placed in first chamber 120 Flow collector (also referred to as positive electrode current collector) 126/134.In some embodiments, the cathodal current collector also serves as Gasket.It as illustrated in fig. 1 and 2, can also further comprise the positive current collector 128/136 being placed in anode chamber 124.
On the one hand, the embodiment of the present invention is related to energy storage batteries.It in some embodiments, can be by a plurality of as herein The electrochemical single battery (each of them can be considered as chargeable energy storage device) is assembled into an energy Storage system is measured, for example, in battery.Multiple single batteries can serial or parallel connection, can also connect and the mode combined in parallel connects It connects.For convenience, the single battery of one group of connection can be known as to module or set group.The energy grading of the module can be depended on In factors such as Topology connections in the quantity and module of single battery.Other factors can be true based on the specific standards finally used It is fixed.
On the one hand, as it was noted above, the method that the embodiment of the present invention further relates to prepare energy storage device.Some In embodiment, the method includes providing a shell, inner surface has determined corresponding volume;Diaphragm is placed into described outer In shell, wherein the diaphragm has first surface and second surface, first surface defines at least the one of first chamber (anode chamber) Part, second surface define at least part of second chamber (cathode chamber).The first chamber and the second chamber it Between can pass through the diaphragm carry out ion exchange.
The method further includes preparing cathode components (as previously described), and the component is placed into described second In chamber (cathode chamber).Then it can carry out in order to complete the production of described device also and need the other steps carried out, for example, chamber is close It seals step and is conductively connected step or similar.The method can also further comprise by a series of charging and discharging Circulation recycles the battery or other energy storage devices, thus cathode components material described in activation or conditioning.
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Following examples are intended to be described in detail, should not be taken as any angle for limitation of the invention. Unless special circumstances, all components can be bought in general chemical supplier.It is made of material that being enumerated in following table 1 Energy storage units based on sodium chloride and nickel, wherein case of comparative examples is the component of not oxide addition, and sample be with Component of the titanium oxide as additive.
Table 1
By the cathode material, including sodium chloride (NaCl), nickel (Ni), iron (Fe), aluminium (Al), sodium fluoride (NaF), iodate Sodium (NaI) and iron sulfide (FeS) about 250 DEG C at a temperature of carry out drying in 90 minutes or so, then squeezed, Granulation and screening are to obtain part of the partial size at 0.325-1.5 microns.Electrolyte sodium terachloroaluminate (the NaAlCl4) be by Sodium chloride and aluminium chloride are carried out what mixed melting obtained.Titanium oxide (TiO of the average grain diameter at 0.6 micron to 0.8 micron2) powder End is added in cathode components in the step of granulating as additive.
Each component according to table 1 can get the electrochemical single battery for being similar to structure shown in Fig. 1.For Convenient for explanation, label herein with reference to figure (single battery 100) and thereon is described.All single batteries are all to discharge State assembling.The diaphragm pipeline 116 on the single battery 100 is by ceramic sodium conduction beta-alumina (beta-alumina pipeline) It is made.
Component is formed on each ceramic diaphragm pipeline glass capsulation to Alpha-alumina circle.Each component is put It sets and is used to form electrochemical single battery in stainless steel casing 112.It is mounted with cathode chamber in advance on the beta-alumina pipeline And cathode current collector, and vibration encryption is carried out to it by the vibrating screen in the glove box full of argon gas.The cathode Component is injected melting sodium terachloroaluminate in the beta-alumina pipeline of about 280 DEG C of vacuum environment and (is made in abovementioned steps It is standby).After the step, the battery cover about 230 DEG C at a temperature of be soldered in glove box.The welding process is Business electric arc welding system is purged with the argon gas of high-purity in welding process.The manufactured electrochemistry after this series of steps Single battery carries out a series of charge and discharge cycles tests, this will hereinafter be described.
Charge and discharge cycles test be with BT2000Arbin battery cycler (Arbin company, the U.S. manufactures) and MCT100Digatron battery test system (manufacture of Digatron Power electronics, inc., the U.S.) Lai Jinhang's.In When test, the battery first carries out just charge and discharge, and then every acceleration is recycled to certain number, carries out primary characterization circulation. The detail parameters of the test are as shown in table 2 below.Temperature in battery is maintained at 325 DEG C in first charge and discharge cycles, subsequent In circulation, kept for 295 DEG C.
Table 2
Measure the discharge capacity of each battery.Characterization circulation is the electric discharge of every accumulation 425Ah in accelerating circulation It is carried out after capacity, this provides the standardized index of battery capacity.Fig. 3 show it is described characterization circulation discharge capacity with The variation of cycle-index.As shown in figure 3, discharge capacity of the additive-free battery in circulation significantly reduces.It follows for every 100 times Ring, discharge capacity loss about 30%.And the electrochemical single battery (sample) for titanium oxide as additive, although initially Electricity is lower, but replaces some sodium chloride due to being added to titanium oxide, presents the every circulation 100 of better power reservoir capacity- Secondary discharge capacity loss less than about 14%.Due to the difference of attenuation rate, after 25 times recycle, the single battery containing titanium oxide Cyclic discharge capacity is higher than additive-free single battery.
Fig. 4 shows the variation for carrying out recharging capacity with cycle-index when acceleration loop test.In Fig. 4, sample It presents circulation more better than case of comparative examples and recharges capacity stability.
This specification is described to invent with specific embodiment, including optimal mode, and can help any to be familiar with this hair The people of bright technique carries out experimental implementation.These operations include using any device and system and using the side of any materialization Method.The scope of the patents of the invention is defined by claims, and may include other examples occurred in the art.Such as Other examples described in fruit are in structure from the written language of claims that different or they have and claims The comparable structure of description, is considered as in the scope of the claims of the invention.

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1. a kind of cathode components comprising:
At least one electroactive metal;
At least one alkali halide;
At least one electrolyte;And
The crystal seed additive of at least one crystal growth for inhibiting the alkali halide, the crystal seed additive include flat Metallic compound of the equal partial size in 0.01 micron to 100 microns of electrochemicaUy inert, wherein the metallization of the electrochemicaUy inert Closing object includes titanium oxide, zirconium oxide, magnesia, barium sulfate or their combination.
2. cathode components as described in claim 1, wherein the average grain diameter of the metallic compound of the electrochemicaUy inert is 0.01 Micron is to 10 microns.
3. cathode components as described in claim 1, wherein the relatively described cathode components of the metallic compound of the electrochemicaUy inert Range of the weight percent 0.25% to 25%.
4. cathode components as described in claim 1, wherein it is described at least one electroactive metal include titanium, vanadium, niobium, molybdenum, Nickel, cobalt, chromium, copper, manganese, silver, antimony, cadmium, tin, lead, iron, zinc or their combination.
5. cathode components as described in claim 1, wherein at least one electroactive metal is nickel.
6. cathode components as described in claim 1, wherein it is described at least one alkali halide include sodium chloride, sodium bromide, Sodium fluoride, sodium iodide or their combination.
7. cathode components as described in claim 1, wherein the metallic compound of the electrochemicaUy inert includes titanium oxide, oxidation Zirconium, magnesia or their combination.
8. a kind of energy storage device, comprising:
First chamber;
Second chamber including cathode components;And
Diaphragm between first chamber and second chamber, wherein
The cathode components include at least one electroactive metal, at least one alkali halide, at least one electrolysis The crystal seed additive of matter and at least one crystal growth for inhibiting the alkali halide, the crystal seed additive packet Average grain diameter is included in the metallic compound of 0.01 micron to 100 microns of electrochemicaUy inert, wherein the gold of the electrochemicaUy inert Belonging to compound includes titanium oxide, zirconium oxide, magnesia, barium sulfate or their combination.
9. energy storage device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the diaphragm includes beta-alumina.
10. energy storage device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the average grain diameter of the metallic compound of the electrochemicaUy inert At 0.01 micron to 10 microns.
11. energy storage device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the relatively described yin of the metallic compound of the electrochemicaUy inert Range of the weight percent of pole component 0.25% to 25%.
12. energy storage device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the metallic compound of the electrochemicaUy inert include titanium oxide, Zirconium oxide, magnesia or their combination.
13. a kind of method for manufacturing energy storage device, comprising:
A shell is provided, inner surface has determined corresponding volume;
Diaphragm is placed in the housing, wherein the diaphragm has first surface and second surface, first surface circle At least part of first chamber is determined, the second surface defines at least part of second chamber, the first chamber It is communicated between the second chamber via the diaphragm ion;And cathode components are placed on the second chamber, wherein institute State cathode components include at least one electroactive metal, at least one alkali halide, at least one electrolyte and The crystal seed additive of at least one crystal growth for inhibiting the alkali halide, the crystal seed additive include average grain Metallic compound of the diameter in 0.01 micron to 100 microns of electrochemicaUy inert, wherein the metallic compound of the electrochemicaUy inert Including titanium oxide, zirconium oxide, magnesia, barium sulfate or their combination.
14. method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the average grain diameter of the metallic compound of the electrochemicaUy inert is micro- 0.01 Rice is to 10 microns.
15. method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the relatively described cathode components of the metallic compound of the electrochemicaUy inert Range of the weight percent 0.25% to 25%.
16. method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the metallic compound of the electrochemicaUy inert include titanium oxide, zirconium oxide, Magnesia or their combination.
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