2016 journal article

Ultraviolet light irradiation on pitting corrosion of Cu-based bulk metallic glasses

JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS, 661, 345–348.

By: J. Wu*, X. Li*, H. Cao*, Y. Pan* & Y. Zhu n

co-author countries: China 🇨🇳 United States of America 🇺🇸
author keywords: Metallic glasses; Corrosion; Scanning electron microscopy
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

We report the observation that UV irradiation substantially improves pitting corrosion resistance of Cu-based bulk metallic glasses. Specifically, two Cu-based bulk metallic glasses in this study showed more stable passive films under UV irradiation than under irradiation-free condition when polarized in 3.5 wt.% NaCl aqueous solution. This finding indicates that Cu-based bulk metallic glasses are promising to serve in high UV irradiation and corrosive environments.