Electrochemical behaviour and corrosion of Mg-Y alloys

Corrosion Science

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2277-2282

  Sudholz, A D ^a   Gusieva, K ^a   Chen, X B ^a   Muddle, B C ^a   Gibson, M A ^b   Birbilis, N ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

A. Intermetallics; A. Magnesium; B. Polarization; B. SEM

Indexed keywords

A. INTERMETALLICS; A. MAGNESIUM; ALLOY MICROSTRUCTURE; B. POLARIZATION; B. SEM; CAST MAGNESIUM; CORROSION BEHAVIOUR; CORROSION MECHANISMS; CORROSION PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIOUR; ELECTROCHEMICAL MICRO-CELL; ELECTROCHEMICAL TESTING; Y ADDITION;

CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; INTERMETALLICS; MAGNESIUM; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLARIZATION; YTTRIUM;

CERIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 79955024762     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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