The anticorrosion environmentally friendly pigments based on synthetic zeolite and zinc and calcium phosphates were prepared by mechanochemical method. The surface morphology and chemical composition of the obtained pigments were determined by scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, respectively. It was established that the modification of zeolite by phosphates of divalent metals causes a decrease in the particle size and an increase in the specific surface area of the obtained composite pigments. It was shown that the use of zeolite/phosphate pigments increases the corrosion resistance of the aluminium alloy in 0.1% aqueous NaCl solution. The addition of complex zeolite/phosphate pigments to the sodium chloride solution decelerates the anodic process of electrochemical corrosion, which indicates the formation of a protective film on the metal surface. The composite pigment zeolite/Zn(H2PO4)2 exhibited the highest anticorrosive effect. A gradual release of the inhibitory components from these environmentally friendly pigments provides their long-term action to protect metal products.

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The thermal stability and characteristics of the surface of the Fe 82 Nb 2 B 14 RE 2 (RE ¼ Y, Gd, Tb, Dy) amorphous alloys were studied by differential scanning calorimetry and atomic force microscopy methods. Alloying of the Fe 84 Nb 2 B 14 alloy by 2 at.% of RE results to increase of nanocrystallization temperature on 110 K for amorphous Fe 82 Nb 2 B 14 RE 2 (RE ¼ Y, Gd, Tb, Dy). Values of the roughness increased after thermal treatment for 1 h in air due to nucleation and growth of nanocrystals in bulk and surface oxidation of the amorphous Fe82Nb2B14RE2 alloys. The nanocrystallization of Fe 82 Nb 2 B 14 RE 2 amorphous alloys after thermal treatment increases the catalytic activity for hydrogen evolution reaction.

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