Tracking the corrosion of magnesium sand cast AM50 alloy in chloride environments

Corrosion Science

Volumn 75, Issue , 2013, Pages 114-122

  Asmussen, R Matthew ^a   Jakupi, Pellumb ^a   Danaie, Mohsen ^b   Botton, Gianluigi A ^b   Shoesmith, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

A. Alloy; A. Magnesium; B. SEM; B. TEM; Confocal laser scanning microscopy

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE ENVIRONMENT; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; CORROSION DEPTH; CORROSION PENETRATION DEPTHS; CORROSION STUDIES; CORROSION-RESISTANT; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; LIGHT WEIGHT ALLOYS;

ALUMINUM; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CORROSION; MAGNESIUM;

ALLOYS;

EID: 84880934570     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2013.05.022     Document Type: Article

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