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Mechanical and Biodegradable Behavior of AZ31 Magnesium Alloy Immersed in Simulated Body Fluid

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AZ31 magnesium alloy was immersed in simulated body fluid at body temperature for various durations to study its degradation/corrosion behavior and the immersed/corroded samples were tested under compression to study the effect of immersion processing on mechanical properties of the material. The immersed/corroded sample surfaces were observed using scanning electron microscope. The results show that the degradation started with uniform corrosion over the whole surface and proceeded to localized pitting corrosion; the corrosion rate decreased during the initial stage of immersion testing and then reached a plateau with the proceeding of immersion testing; and the studied AZ31 magnesium alloy did not experience significant deterioration of mechanical properties (i.e., yield strength and ultimate compression strength) after it was immersed in simulated body fluid for up to 14 days.

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The support for the research from the National Science Foundation under Award No. 1449607 is greatly appreciated.

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Lin, W., Zou, N., Li, Q.Z. (2018). Mechanical and Biodegradable Behavior of AZ31 Magnesium Alloy Immersed in Simulated Body Fluid. In: Arzoumanidis, A., Silberstein, M., Amirkhizi, A. (eds) Challenges in Mechanics of Time Dependent Materials, Volume 2. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63393-0_9

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