TY - JOUR A1 - Bender, S. A1 - Goellner, J. A1 - Heyn, Andreas A1 - Schmigalla, S. T1 - A new theory for the negative difference effect in magnesium corrosion N2 - An unusual feature known as the negative difference effect (NDE) can be observed in magnesium when recording corrosion current density–potential curves. More hydrogen is evolved at a more positive potential which does not occur in conventional metals. Several models have been proposed in the literature in order to explain the phenomenon of NDE. They succeed in explaining some effects, and fail to deal with others. A new model, which explains the NDE by two electron consuming processes, is presented in this paper. By potentiostatic investigations of magnesium in a chloride electrolyte, measurements of hydrogen evolution and chemical analysis of the electrolyte the new model was experimentally verified. KW - Magnesium KW - Negativer Differenzeffekt KW - Korrosion KW - Korrosionsmechanismus KW - Current density-potential-curve KW - Magnesium alloys KW - Magnesium corrosion KW - Negative difference effect KW - Polarization measurements PY - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/maco.201106225 SN - 0947-5117 SN - 1521-4176 VL - 63 IS - 8 SP - 707 EP - 712 PB - Wiley-VCH Verl. CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-25162 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schmigalla, S. A1 - Bender, S. A1 - Heyn, Andreas A1 - Schmidt, J. A1 - Hort, N. T1 - Investigation of biodegradation behaviour of an Mg-1Ca alloy influenced by heat treatment and applying plasma-chemical oxidation layers N2 - The degradation behaviour of an Mg-1Ca alloy is investigated in vitro to figure out the possibilities of influencing the degradation behaviour of such an alloy by applying heat treatment as well as the use of a coating system based on plasma-chemical oxidation. It is shown that an optimised solution annealing (T4-heat treatment) can reduce the degradation rate while an additional ageing between 240 and 300 °C (T6-heat treatment) increases it. A coating generated by plasma-chemical oxidation reduces the degradation rate in the immersion test. Its effect is depending on the former heat treatment of the Mg-1Ca alloy as well as on the parameter during plasma-chemical oxidation. KW - Biodegradation KW - Magnesium alloys KW - Plasma-chemical oxidation KW - Magnesium KW - Thermal treatment KW - Corrosion KW - Electrochemistry PY - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/maco.201106433 SN - 0947-5117 SN - 1521-4176 VL - 64 IS - 7 SP - 578 EP - 584 PB - Wiley-VCH Verl. CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-28933 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -