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, Hamid Reza, Abdellahi, Majid, Hamzah, Esah, Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi, Bahmanpour, Maryam
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2016
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/74603/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84976416970&doi=10.1016%2fj.jallcom.2016.06.149&partnerID=40&md5=1e7323bd1630f98be4e8335f190acfa8

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...