Galvanic corrosion of laser weldments of AA6061 aluminium alloy

Corrosion Science

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4339-4351

  Rahman, A B M Mujibur ^a   Kumar, S ^a   Gerson, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

A. Aluminium; B. Potentiostatic; C. Galvanic couple; C. Welding

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; INTERMETALLICS; PH EFFECTS; WELDING;

GALVANIC COUPLE; POTENTIOSTATIC;

ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; INTERMETALLICS; PH EFFECTS; WELDING;

EID: 36048990357     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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