Influence of silicon on the corrosion behaviour of Al-Zn-In-Mg-Ti sacrificial anode

Corrosion Science

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3861-3865

  Wen, Jiuba ^a   He, Junguang ^a,b   Lu, Xianwen ^a  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Aluminium; B. Polarisation; B. TEM; B. Weight loss; C. Pitting corrosion

Indexed keywords

A. ALUMINIUM; B. TEM; CORROSION BEHAVIOUR; ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; FINE EQUIAXED GRAINS; GALVANIC CORROSION; MICROSTRUCTURE OBSERVATION; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; SACRIFICIAL ANODES; SI-PARTICLE; WEIGHT LOSS;

ALLOYS; CERIUM ALLOYS; CORROSIVE EFFECTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; PITTING; SILICON; ZINC;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 80052329805     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2011.07.039     Document Type: Article

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