“…However, for its poor corrosion resistance, magnesium alloy, particularly as the magnesium alloy parts for outdoor applications, is confronted with great challenges [4][5][6][7]. Many literatures have verified that the surface modification technique, such as chemical conversion coatings, anodic oxidation, micro arc oxidation (MAO), organic coatings, vapor phase processes, etc, is an effective way to change the surface composition and improve its corrosion resistance of magnesium alloy [8][9][10][11][12]. MAO is a newly developed technology for the preparation of ceramic coatings on aluminum, magnesium or titanium alloys to improve the corrosion resistance [10,[13][14][15][16].…”