Physicochemical and thermo physical characterization of CaO–CaF<inf>2</inf>–SiO<inf>2</inf> and CaO–TiO<inf>2</inf>–SiO<inf>2</inf> based electrode coating for offshore welds

This paper investigates the physicochemical and thermo-physical properties of CaO–CaF2–SiO2 and CaO–TiO2–SiO2 based electrode coating for welding offshore structures. Twenty-one electrode coating compositions have been formulated using extreme vertices design method. The coating was crushed to powder form. The powder was characterized for weight loss, density, specific heat, enthalpy, thermal conductivity, diffusivity, and specific heat. Coating's structural analysis was done using X-Ray Diffraction and Fourier transformation. X-Ray Fluorescence, Thermogravimetric Analyzer, and Hot disc have been used to characterize the coating mixture. The regression analysis has been used to study the effect of individual constituents and their binary, tertiary interactions on the properties. The obtained output of properties has been optimized using multi-response optimization.