1. An anticorrosive magnesium/carbon nanotube composite.
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Endo, M., Hayashi, T., Itoh, I., Kim, Y. A., Shimamoto, D., Muramatsu, H., Shimizu, Y., Morimoto, S., Terrones, M., Iinou, S., and Koide, S.
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MAGNESIUM alloys , *MAGNESIUM , *CARBON nanotubes , *CARBON composites , *NANOTUBES - Abstract
Here, we report a drastically improved anticorrosive characteristic of magnesium alloy composites with the introduction of multiwalled carbon nanotubes. Highly depressed corrosion of nanotube-filled magnesium composite in salt water is due to the formation of stable oxide films along the grain boundaries of magnesium. Our results indicate that carbon nanotube acted as effective multifunctional filler to improve both mechanical and anticorrosive performances of magnesium alloy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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