Sol–gel protective coatings have shown excellent chemical stability, oxidation control and
enhanced corrosion resistance for metal substrates. Further, the sol–gel method is an …

Aluminium (Al) is an important structural engineering material, its usage ranking only behind
ferrous alloys (Birbilis, Muster et al. 2011). The growth in usage and production of Al …

The corrosion behavior of pure magnesium in sodium sulfate solutions was investigated
using voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy with a rotating disk …

In the present effort, Aluminium Matrix Composites (AMCs) were produced by the addition of
submicron sized TiC and WC particles of low (up to 1.0 vol%) content into a melt of Al1050 …

Abstract Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) is a powder-bed based Additive Manufacturing
(AM) technique, which allows fully dense near net-shape parts to be obtained thanks to a …

Metals are used extensively in modern society in a range of applications from infrastructure
to aircraft to consumer products. The protection of metals, primarily from corrosion, has been …

Additive manufacturing processes are becoming attractive technologies for producing
complex components in relatively a short time and at reasonable cost. The present study …

There has been much R&D effort expended to develop pretreatments and coatings that
allow the replacement of toxic, carcinogenic, mutagenic, environmentally hazardous …

The corrosion behavior of a novel Mg0. 5Zn0. 2Ge alloy in as-cast and extruded conditions
is investigated in 0.9 wt.% NaCl solution. Scanning kelvin probe force microscopy …

The mechanism of cathodic protection of an aluminium substrate by a Mg-rich coating was
investigated using localized techniques. Both scanning vibrating electrode techniques …