The corrosion of refractory materials by molten aluminum alloys is a common problem during the aluminum recycling. Therefore, special emphasis has been focused in developing corrosion resistant materials by aluminum. In this research, composites based on Al 6 Si 2 O 13 -BaAl 2 Si 2 O 8 -ZrO 2 were developed by two different methods. In the first method (S), BaAl 2 Si 2 O 8 , Al 6 Si 2 O 13 and ZrO 2 chemicals were mixed, pressed and sintered (1450°C for 10h). In the second method (R), the composites were obtained in situ by solid state reaction of BaCO 3 , Al 2 O 3 and ZrSiO 4 (1450°C for 10h). In both cases the amount of celsian was varied (8, 16 and 24wt%) and the amount of ZrO 2 was kept constant at 20wt%. All the samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) to identify the phases formed. A sessile drop test was performed on the samples obtained by the two methods using either pure Al or Al-8Si alloy. Then, the cross-section of the samples was analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). The thickness of the corrosion layer, when pure Al was tested, reached only about 266µm after 2h at 1100°C for the samples prepared by the S process. The thickness was greater (around of 488µm) in the case of the Al-8Si alloy for substrates prepared by the S and R processes under the same conditions. However, this is still a minimal penetration. Contact angles between molten metals and substrates were as high as 150° for all the systems, showing a non-wetting behavior. The contact angles obtained in this research were higher than those showed by a mullite substrate under the same conditions. The materials prepared in this work demonstrate to be highly potential composites for refractory applications in the aluminum industry.