Effects of grain size on the corrosion resistance of wrought magnesium alloys containing neodymium

Corrosion Science

Volumn 58, Issue , 2012, Pages 145-151

  Argade, G R ^a   Panigrahi, S K ^a   Mishra, R S ^a,b  

^a Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Magnesium; B. SEM; B. Weight loss; C. Intergranular corrosion

Indexed keywords

COARSE-GRAINED; GRAIN SIZE; IMMERSION TESTING; INTERGRANULAR CORROSION; LINEAR POLARIZATION RESISTANCE; NACL SOLUTION; PITTING POTENTIAL; ULTRAFINE GRAINED MICROSTRUCTURES; ULTRAFINE-GRAINED; WEIGHT LOSS; WROUGHT MAGNESIUM ALLOYS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; GRAIN REFINEMENT; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CORROSION RESISTANCE;

EID: 84858621347     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2012.01.021     Document Type: Article

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