A study on the corrosion behavior of aluminum alloys in seawater

Materials and Design

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 801-805

  Ezuber, Hosni ^a   El Houd, A ^b   El Shawesh, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

^b Petroleum Research Centre Tripoli   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloys; Pitting corrosion; Seawater

Indexed keywords

CORROSION RESISTANCE; MORPHOLOGY; PASSIVATION; PITTING; SEAWATER CORROSION;

BREAKDOWN POTENTIAL; PASSIVITY BREAKDOWN;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CORROSION RESISTANCE; MORPHOLOGY; PASSIVATION; PITTING; SEAWATER CORROSION;

EID: 38949087169     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2007.01.021     Document Type: Article

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