Corrosion behavior of copper alloys in chloride media

Materials and Design

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2425-2430

  Alfantazi, A M ^a   Ahmed, T M ^a   Tromans, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Environmental performance; Non ferrous metals and alloys

Indexed keywords

ANODIC POTENTIALS; CHLORIDE MEDIAS; CHLORIDE SOLUTIONS; COMMERCIAL ALLOYS; CORROSION BEHAVIORS; CU-30NI; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; FILM BREAKDOWNS; NOMINAL COMPOSITIONS; NON-FERROUS METALS AND ALLOYS; PASSIVE BEHAVIORS; POLARIZATION BEHAVIORS; POTENTIAL RANGES;

ALLOYING ELEMENTS; ALLOYS; ALUMINUM; CORROSION; PASSIVATION; POLARIZATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ZINC;

COPPER ALLOYS;

EID: 67349214679     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2008.10.015     Document Type: Article

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