Atmospheric corrosion of field-exposed magnesium alloy AZ91D

Corrosion Science

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1406-1413

  Jönsson, Martin ^a   Persson, Dan ^a   Leygraf, Christofer ^b  

^a SWEREA KIMAB   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

A. Magnesium alloys; C. Atmospheric corrosion; C. Corrosion product; C. Corrosion rate; C. Field exposure

Indexed keywords

ANODES; ATMOSPHERIC CORROSION; CARBONATES; EUTECTICS;

CORROSION PRODUCT; FIELD-EXPOSURE;

MAGNESIUM ALLOYS;

ANODES; ATMOSPHERIC CORROSION; CARBONATES; EUTECTICS; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 42049102024     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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