This paper provides a review of recent developments in the field of Mg corrosion and puts those into context. This includes considerations of corrosion manifestations, material influences, surface treatment, anodization, coatings, inhibition, biodegradable medical applications, stress corrosion cracking, flammability, corrosion mechanisms for HP Mg, critical evaluation of corrosion mechanisms, and concluding remarks. There has been much research recently, and much research continues in this area. This is expected to produce significantly better, more-corrosion-resistant Mg alloys.
This paper reviews and discusses the possibility of the production of a passive magnesium (Mg) alloy through metallurgical approaches, such as purification, alloying, heat-treatment, mechanical processing and non-equilibrium sputter deposition. High-purity Mg and all existing Mg alloys produced by traditional methods are found to be active in a chloride containing solution. Passivity in a Mg alloy might be produced through a non-equilibrium technique with a sufficiently-high concentration of a strong passivating element supersaturated in the matrix phase. This paper clarifies important concepts regarding the passivity of Mg alloys, and suggests possible approaches to develop a passive, corrosion-resistant Mg alloy.
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