The corrosion behavior of VT6c titanium alloy with nitride and oxynitride coatings in a 0.9 % NaCl solution is studied at temperatures of 36 and 40 °C. It is shown that, as temperature increases, the corrosion resistance of the alloy becomes higher for both types of coatings.
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Translated from Fizyko-Khimichna Mekhanika Materialiv, Vol. 50, No. 6, pp. 99–104, November–December, 2014.
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Tkachuk, O.V., Proskurnyak, R.V. & Pohrelyuk, I.M. Analysis of the Surface and Corrosion Resistance of Nitrided and Oxynitrided VT6C Alloys in a Physiological Solution at 36 and 40°С. Mater Sci 50, 882–888 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11003-015-9797-9
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