Turning a native or corroded Mg alloy surface into an anti-corrosion coating in excited CO2

Yuecun Wang; Boyu Liu; Xin’ai Zhao; Xionghu Zhang; Yucong Miao; Nan Yang; Bo Yang; Liqiang Zhang; Wenjun Kuang; Ju Li; Evan Ma; Zhiwei Shan

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06433-5

Nature Communications (Oct 2018)

Turning a native or corroded Mg alloy surface into an anti-corrosion coating in excited CO2

Yuecun Wang,
Boyu Liu,
Xin’ai Zhao,
Xionghu Zhang,
Yucong Miao,
Nan Yang,
Bo Yang,
Liqiang Zhang,
Wenjun Kuang,
Ju Li,
Evan Ma,
Zhiwei Shan

Affiliations

Yuecun Wang: Center for Advancing Materials Performance from the Nanoscale (CAMP-Nano) & Hysitron Applied Research Center in China (HARCC), State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Boyu Liu: Center for Advancing Materials Performance from the Nanoscale (CAMP-Nano) & Hysitron Applied Research Center in China (HARCC), State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Xin’ai Zhao: Center for Advancing Materials Performance from the Nanoscale (CAMP-Nano) & Hysitron Applied Research Center in China (HARCC), State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Xionghu Zhang: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum
Yucong Miao: Center for Advancing Materials Performance from the Nanoscale (CAMP-Nano) & Hysitron Applied Research Center in China (HARCC), State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Nan Yang: Center for Advancing Materials Performance from the Nanoscale (CAMP-Nano) & Hysitron Applied Research Center in China (HARCC), State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Bo Yang: Center for Advancing Materials Performance from the Nanoscale (CAMP-Nano) & Hysitron Applied Research Center in China (HARCC), State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Liqiang Zhang: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum
Wenjun Kuang: Center for Advancing Materials Performance from the Nanoscale (CAMP-Nano) & Hysitron Applied Research Center in China (HARCC), State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Ju Li: Center for Advancing Materials Performance from the Nanoscale (CAMP-Nano) & Hysitron Applied Research Center in China (HARCC), State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Evan Ma: Center for Advancing Materials Performance from the Nanoscale (CAMP-Nano) & Hysitron Applied Research Center in China (HARCC), State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Zhiwei Shan: Center for Advancing Materials Performance from the Nanoscale (CAMP-Nano) & Hysitron Applied Research Center in China (HARCC), State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06433-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Magnesium alloys usually have poor corrosion resistance, which inhibits their use in the automotive and biomedical industries. Here, the authors use an environmental TEM to carbonate the natural corrosion products at the surface of magnesium alloys and form a compact and protective surface layer.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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