Modelling corrosion rate of biodegradable magnesium-based alloys: the case study of Mg-Zn-RE-xCa (x = 0, 0.5, 1.5, 3 and 6 wt%) alloys

• Main Authors: Bakhsheshi-Rad, H. R., Abdellahi, M., Hamzah, E., Ismail, A. F., Bahmanpour, M.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2016
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/70001/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.06.149
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

The ternary Mg-Zn-RE and the quaternary Mg-Zn-RE-xCa (x = 0.5, 1.5, 3 and 6 wt%) alloys are evaluated in term of their corrosion rate both experimentally and theoretically. According to the electrochemical tests, the quaternary Mg-Zn-RE-0.5Ca alloy possess a lower corrosion current density (icorr) a...