Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7869967 | Materials Science and Engineering: C | 2014 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
The in vitro biodegradation behavior of Mg17Al12 as a second phase in Mg-Al-Zn alloys was investigated via electrochemical measurement and immersion test. The Hank's solutions with neutral and acidic pH values were adopted as electrolytes to simulate the in vivo environment during normal and inflammatory response process. Furthermore, the local orbital density functional theory approach was employed to study the thermodynamical stability of Mg17Al12 phase. All the results proved the occurrence of pitting corrosion process with crackings for Mg17Al12 phase in Hank's solution, but with a much lower degradation rate compared with both AZ31 alloy and pure magnesium. Furthermore, a preliminary explanation on the biodegradation behaviors of Mg17Al12 phase was proposed.
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Authors
Chen Liu, Huazhe Yang, Peng Wan, Kehong Wang, Lili Tan, Ke Yang,