Corrosion of heat treated magnesium alloy ZE41

Corrosion Science

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3299-3308

  Neil, W C ^a   Forsyth, M ^b,c   Howlett, P C ^b   Hutchinson, C R ^c   Hinton, B R W ^c  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

A. Magnesium; A. Zirconium; B. Polarisation; B. SEM; C. Pitting corrosion

Indexed keywords

A. MAGNESIUM; A. ZIRCONIUM; AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT; B. POLARISATION; CORROSION MORPHOLOGY; INITIATION AND PROPAGATION; T-PHASE;

ALLOYS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PITTING; POLARIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZIRCONIUM;

CERIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 79960712307     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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