Author reply

Effects of Al3+ concentration in hydrothermal solution on the microstructural and corrosion resistance properties of fabricated MgO ceramic layer on AZ31 magnesium alloy

“…[19,20] In recent years, LDHs have been increasingly receiving attention in the field of corrosion protection for magnesium alloys because their interlayers can trap and store chloride ions in corrosive media. [21] Many researchers have adopted different methods, [22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31] such as spin coating, [22] in situ hydrothermal treatment, [23][24][25] urea hydrolysis, [26,27] electrochemical deposition, [28,29] and steam treatment [30,31] to directly prepare LDH films of different composure on the magnesium alloy surface. The results confirmed, to a certain extent, their advantageous effect regarding corrosion resistance improvement.…”