The influence of Mg-Zr master alloy microstructure on the corrosion of Mg

Magnesium Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 157-162

  Gandel, D S ^a   Easton, M A ^a   Gibson, M A ^a,b   Abbott, T ^a,c   Birbilis, N ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Magontec Limited   (Australia)

Author keywords

Magnesium; Microstructure; Polarisation; Weight loss; Zirconium

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CORROSION; MAGNESIUM; MICROSTRUCTURE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLARIZATION; SOLID SOLUTIONS; ZIRCALOY; ZIRCONIUM;

GRAIN REFINING; MASTER ALLOYS; MG-ZR ALLOYS; PARTICLE FORMS; WEIGHT LOSS;

MAGNESIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 84876047022     PISSN: 15454150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-48150-0_26     Document Type: Conference Paper

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