The influence of zirconium additions on the corrosion of magnesium

Corrosion Science

Volumn 81, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-35

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

^a CAST Cooperative Research Centre   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d Magontec Limited   (Australia)

Author keywords

A. Magnesium; A. Zirconium; B. Polarisation; B. SEM; B. Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ALLOYING ADDITIONS; DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; METALLIC PARTICLES; MG ALLOY; MG-ZR ALLOYS; TO EFFECT; WEIGHT LOSS; ZIRCONIUM ADDITION;

BINARY ALLOYS; CORROSION; MAGNESIUM; SOLID SOLUTIONS; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 84893000689     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2013.11.051     Document Type: Article

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