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Intermetallic-Rich Layer Formation for Improving Corrosion Resistance of Magnesium Alloys

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The present work examines the formation of a corrosion protective coating containing intermetallic phases on magnesium alloy substrates. The protective coating was formed on the surfaces of commercially pure magnesium (cp Mg) and AZ31B magnesium alloy by vacuum thermal evaporation of commercially pure aluminium (cp Al) and a subsequent heat treatment of the sample. This coating was continuous, homogenous and its microstructure was a eutectic phase composed by clusters of α-Mg surrounded by β phase (Mg17Al12). This eutectic-type coating provided 168 and 504 h of protection inside the salt spray chamber for the cp Mg and AZ31 alloy samples, respectively. To achieve this, it was required to deposit at least 5.5 µm of cp Al and then perform a combined thermal treatment involving heating the samples to 583 K for 60 min and then raising the temperature to 693 K for 5 min.

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The authors are grateful to Universidad de Antioquia, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Universidad de Medellín and Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje – SENA. This work was supported by COLCIENCIAS [Grant Number FP44842-023-2017].

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  1. Centro de Investigación, Innovación y Desarrollo de Materiales CIDEMAT, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Antioquia UdeA, Calle 70 No. 52-21, Medellín, Colombia

    D. Calderón, Y. Galindez, L. Toro & F. Echeverría

  2. Grupo de Investigación de Estudios en Diseño - GED, Facultad de Diseño Industrial, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana UPB, Circular 1a. No 70-01, Medellín, Colombia

    A. A. Zuleta, A. Valencia-Escobar & P. Chacón

  3. Grupo de Investigación Materiales con Impacto – MAT&MPAC, Facultad de Ingenierías, Universidad de Medellín UdeM, Carrera 87 No 30 – 65, Medellín, Colombia

    E. Correa

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Calderón, D., Galindez, Y., Toro, L. et al. Intermetallic-Rich Layer Formation for Improving Corrosion Resistance of Magnesium Alloys. Met. Mater. Int. 28, 657–665 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12540-020-00912-5

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