New Trends in Corrosion Analysis of Al-Sn Alloy Duplex System

Chinedu Ekuma, Eziaku Osarolube, Ephraim O. Chukwuocha, Michael C. Onyeaju

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DOI: 10.4236/wjcmp.2011.12006                

Abstract

The corrosion characterization of binary Al – Sn alloy systems has been statistically analyzed in the light of developed model equations. It was observed that the modeled corrosion penetration rate values generated using the developed model equations are in tandem with the experimental values.

Keywords

Al-Sn, Statistical Analysis, Corrosion, Model Equations, Correlation

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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