The effect of low temperature heat treatment on surface chemistry and corrosion resistance of commercial magnesium alloys AZ31 and AZ61 in 0.6 M NaCl solution

This paper studies the differences in chemical composition of the oxide surface layers induced by heating in air at 200 °C for time intervals from 5 min up to 60 min on commercial AZ31 and AZ61 magnesium alloys with a view to a better understanding of their protective properties. A strong link was f...

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Autores: Feliú Jr., S., Samaniego, Alejandro, Barranco, Violeta, El Hadad, Amir A., Llorente, Irene, Adeva, Paloma
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/95580
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/95580
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Magnesium
XPS
SEM
Passivity
Segregation
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Sumario:This paper studies the differences in chemical composition of the oxide surface layers induced by heating in air at 200 °C for time intervals from 5 min up to 60 min on commercial AZ31 and AZ61 magnesium alloys with a view to a better understanding of their protective properties. A strong link was found between the aluminium enrichment observed in the surface of the oxide layer and the decrease in the protective properties of the heat treated AZ31 alloy. In contrast, no significant changes have been observed in the case of the heat treated AZ61 alloy.