scholarly journals Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy for the Measurement of the Corrosion Rate of Magnesium Alloys: Brief Review and Challenges

Metals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 775 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastián Feliu

From a technological point of view, measurement of the corrosion rate of magnesium (Mg) and its alloys is critical for lifetime predictions of Mg-based structures and for comparative assessments of their corrosion protection ability. Whilst weight loss, hydrogen evolution, and polarization curves methods are frequently used for measuring the corrosion rate, the determination of values by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) is relatively scarce and has only been realized recently. This technique seems to be the most suitable for monitoring corrosion rate values due to its “non-destructive” character, its reproducibility, and its reliable determination of small corrosion rates, much lower than those measured by other techniques. This review aims to picture the state-of-the-art technique of using EIS for measuring the corrosion rate of Mg. This paper starts by introducing some fundamental aspects of the most widely used methods for monitoring the corrosion rate of Mg/Mg alloy and continues by briefly explaining some of the fundamental concepts surrounding EIS, which are essential for the user to be able to understand how to interpret the EIS spectra. Lastly, these concepts are applied, and different approaches that have been proposed to obtain quantitative values of corrosion rate since the 1990s are discussed.

Batteries ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Włodzimierz Majchrzycki ◽  
Ewa Jankowska ◽  
Marek Baraniak ◽  
Piotr Handzlik ◽  
Robert Samborski

Attempts have been made to find the best procedure for the detection of premature battery capacity loss (the so called “PCL”) in AGM-VRLA 48 V batteries operating in telecommunication systems. However, recorded changes in internal resistance and potential did not give clear indications of the beginning of the PCL effect. The obtained correlation between internal resistance and potential derived from used batteries does not show the expected trend in measured parameters. It seems that the application of Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS), which is a faster and non-destructive method, may solve this problem. It is demonstrated that the change in internal resistance (which is an indicator of the state of health (SoH)) can be determined from EIS spectra during continuous operation of 12 V monoblocks in a backup power source of a base transceiver station (BTS).


2011 ◽  
Vol 284-286 ◽  
pp. 1550-1553
Author(s):  
Ming Sheng Li ◽  
Dan Zhang ◽  
Yi Ming Jiang ◽  
Jin Li

The soft-magnetic properties and service life of amorphous or nanocrystalline Fe73.5Si13.5B9Nb3Cu1 have been influenced by the corrosion of the alloy. In this study, the electrochemical corrosions of amorphous Fe73.5Si13.5B9Nb3Cu1 in the blend solutions of sodium chloride and sodium hydroxide were investigated by linear polarization (PLZ) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) technique. The presence of OH- in the blend solution gave rise to typical passivation of the alloy. A suitable concentration of OH- was required for the low corrosion rate. And the higher concentration of OH- led to a faster corrosion. Increase of concentration of Cl- aroused more obvious corrosion. These results were ascribed to the deteriorating effect of Cl- and high-concentration OH- on the passive film formed on the surface of amorphous Fe73.5Si13.5B9Nb3Cu1.


2011 ◽  
Vol 250-253 ◽  
pp. 222-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bi Lan Lin ◽  
Yu Ye Xu

Galvanizing on the surface of reinforcing steel is an effective measure to control corrosion of reinforcing concrete structures. The corrosion behaviors of hot-dip galvanized (HDG) reinforcing steel in simulated concrete pore solution (SCP solution) with various pH and chlodride values were investigated using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). Two equivalent circuit models corresponding to the corrosion process were proposed and the evolution feature of the corrosion parameters were analyzed. The results show that when the SCP solution was carbonated seriously (pH<11), there is hydrogen evolution phenomenon and the corrosion resistance of HDG reinforcing steel is decreased. A minute carbonation of SCP solution (11.5≤pH<12.5) favors the further passivation of the zinc layer and the corrosion resistance is enhanced. The corrosion rate of HDG reinforcing steel at pH=12.0 is minimal, around 0.59 μm/year, whereas that at pH=12.5 is approximate 1.21 μm/year. In the conditions of pH=12.5 and NaCl concentration no more than 0.5wt.%, the corrosion resistance of the passivation film on HDG reinforcing steel is good. In a serious carbonation case, the corrosion rate is increased greatly with chloride ions.


2015 ◽  
Vol 814 ◽  
pp. 132-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xian Yang Hua ◽  
Mei Feng He ◽  
Xiao Qin Zhou

Magnesium is one of the elements necessary for the body, is the man behind the body’s content of potassium ions within the cell are involved in a series of metabolic processes in vivo, including the formation of bone cells , acceleration of bone healing ability. Resulting from the good mechanical properties and biocompatibility, magnesium alloy is used in medical intervention material, but the high corrosion rate of magnesium alloys is the main drawback to their widespread use, especially in biomedical applications. There is a need for developing new coatings that provide simultaneously corrosion resistance and enhanced biocompatibility. In this work the medical magnesium alloy surface are dipped and coated with polylactic acid, so that obtain a dense uniform polylactic acid coating. And the corrosion resistance of the coating is studied in order to obtain controlled degradable and corrosion resisted magnesium alloy biological material. This paper mainly studies the influence of different concentrations of polylactic acid coating on AZ91D magnesium alloy corrosion resistance. The coated samples were immersed in Hank’s solution and the coating performance was studied by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. This research is about the influence of the coating on the corrosion resistance of magnesium alloy through the open circuit potential, polarization curves, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and Mott-Schottky. The results confirmed that the polylactic acid slow down the corrosion rate of AZ91D magnesium alloys in Hank’s solution. And along with the increase of poly lactic acid concentration, the corrosion resistance of magnesium alloys is improved. There is a wide variation of the corrosion morphology magnesium alloy AZ91D specimens after the surface modification using polylactic acid coating, compared with the unmodified.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 873 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Kwiecien ◽  
Julia Badeda ◽  
Moritz Huck ◽  
Kuebra Komut ◽  
Dilek Duman ◽  
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