1. Corrosion behaviour of sputter-deposited Mg–Zr alloys in a borate buffer solution
- Author
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Ahmed Abd El-Moneim, Koji Hashimoto, Eiji Akiyama, and Khaled M. Ismail
- Subjects
Supersaturation ,Materials science ,Passivation ,General Chemical Engineering ,Inorganic chemistry ,chemistry.chemical_element ,General Chemistry ,Buffer solution ,Corrosion ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy ,Sputtering ,General Materials Science ,Surface layer ,Boron - Abstract
Corrosion behaviour of sputter-deposited Mg–Zr alloys was examined in a borate buffer solution of pH 8.7. XRD measurements showed that the alloys were supersaturated with Zr. The addition of 29 at.% Zr or more was very effective in increasing the corrosion resistance of Mg by more than four orders of magnitude. XPS analysis of spontaneously formed passive films revealed that the passive film consisted of double oxyhydroxide composed of enriched tetravalent Zr and divalent Mg cations. The enrichment of Zr cations in the passive film is responsible for the enhanced corrosion resistance of Mg–Zr alloys.
- Published
- 2011