Influence of temperature on the atmospheric corrosion of the Mg–Al alloy AM50
Journal article, 2015

The effect of temperature on the NaCl-induced atmospheric corrosion of the Mg–Al alloy AM50 has been investigated in the laboratory. The corroded samples were analyzed gravimetrically and by SEM, EDX, XRD, and FTIR. The atmospheric corrosion of 99.97% Mg was also studied for reference. While the NaCl-induced atmospheric corrosion of AM50 is strongly reduced with decreasing temperature, 99.97% Mg does not exhibit such a trend. The temperature dependence of the atmospheric corrosion of alloy AM50 is attributed to the aluminum content in the alloy. Several crystalline magnesium hydroxy carbonates formed at 4 and 22 °C but were absent at −4 °C.

Author

Mohsen Esmaily

Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Energy and Material

Mehrdad Shahabi Navid

Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Energy and Material

Jan-Erik Svensson

Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Energy and Material

Mats Halvarsson

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Materials Microstructure

Lars Nyborg

Chalmers, Materials and Manufacturing Technology

Yu Cao

Chalmers, Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Surface and Microstructure Engineering

Lars-Gunnar Johansson

Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Energy and Material

Corrosion Science

0010-938X (ISSN)

Vol. 90 420-433

Areas of Advance

Energy

Materials Science

Subject Categories

Metallurgy and Metallic Materials

DOI

10.1016/j.corsci.2014.10.040

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10/7/2017