Formation process of bright spots on surfaces of die-cast magnesium alloy components after chemical conversion treatment

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-25

  Wei, Ying hui ^a,b   Yang, Li jing ^a   Hou, Li feng ^a   Guo, Yao wen ^a   Xu, Bing she ^b  

^a TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Conversion coating; Failure analysis; Magnesium alloys

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ALUMINA; CORROSION; CORROSION RESISTANCE; DIES; DISSOLUTION; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; PAINTING; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

ACID ACTIVATION; AZ91D ALLOY; BRIGHT SPOTS; CHEMICAL CONVERSIONS; CONVERSION COATING; DIE-CAST; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FORMATION MECHANISMS; FORMATION PROCESSES; POTENTIO DYNAMIC;

SURFACE TREATMENT;

EID: 53849133086     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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