Glass-lined pressure vessels are widely used in various corrosion conditions because of their excellent corrosion resistance. Under the same firing process condition, the corrosion-resistant properties of glass-lined vessels are largely dependent upon the glaze composition. In this paper, three kinds of glazes were selected to study the corrosion resistance to acid and alkali of the glass lining. Based on the glaze composition analysis, the corrosion quantity and the micromorphology observations of the corroded surfaces, the effect of glaze composition on the corrosion resistance to acid and alkali of glass lining was discussed. The results showed that the corrosion resistance of glass lining was mainly to the content of SiO2 and the continuity level of [SiO4] skeleton in glass network structure. The higher continuity level of [SiO4] skeleton led to the better physicochemical properties of the glass lining. The addition of the acid resistant oxide TiO2 improved the acid resistance of glass lining. The proper addition of ZrO2 improved the corrosion resistance to acid and alkali. There were two reasons, one of which was that the joining of Zr4+ into the glass network improved the structural integrity, and the other was that the reaction of Zr4+ with OH- produced Zr(OH)(4) on the glass lining occurred and formed a shielding lining against alkali when glass lining was in the alkaline condition.
