The influence of yttrium (Y) on the corrosion of Mg-Y binary alloys

Corrosion Science

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3687-3701

  Liu, Ming ^a,b   Schmutz, Patrik ^b   Uggowitzer, Peter J ^c   Song, Guangling ^a   Atrens, Andrej ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

A. Magnesium; B. EIS

Indexed keywords

A. MAGNESIUM; ALLOY SURFACES; B. EIS; CORROSION MECHANISMS; DIRECT OBSERVATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL EVALUATIONS; FILIFORM CORROSION; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; IMMERSION TESTS; IN-SITU; SURFACE FILMS;

BINARY ALLOYS; CERIUM ALLOYS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNESIUM; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; YTTRIUM;

CORROSION RATE;

EID: 77956266349     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2010.07.019     Document Type: Article

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