Passivity of Al–Mo amorphous alloys andtheir electrochemical breakdown

Interaction of molybdenum hexacarbonyl with metallic aluminum at high temperatures: Carbide and alloy formation

“…In general, molybdenum has a very low solubility in aluminum and it is not used as an alloying element for aluminum. However, molybdenum concentrations of up to 55 at.% can be attained if the alloys are prepared using non-equilibrium methods, such as ion implantation or vapor or sputter deposition [53]. Blank experiments were carried out to deposit aluminum directly onto the Mo(1 0 0) surface.…”

Voltammetric and structural characterization of sputter deposited Al–Mg films

“…Hashimoto and co-workers came to the conclusion that precipitation of nanocrystallites with dimensions less than 20 nm may increase corrosion resistance, as they have demonstrated by heat treatment of amorphous Zr-Cr and Al-Cr alloys [27,28]. It has been found by Janik-Czachor and co-workers that Al-refractory metal amorphous alloys exhibited a higher electrochemical passivity than crystalline Al [29][30][31][32][33][34].…”

Investigations on the Electrochemical Behavior of Zr-Al-Cu-Ni Bulk Metallic Glass

“…A number of glassy alloys exhibit superior corrosion resistance in comparison to crystalline alloys of same overall chemical composition. But, up to now, glassy alloys were typically prepared as melt-spun thin ribbons or sputter-deposited films [3,4] and no details about the corrosion properties of bulk glasses are known. Hence, it is tempting to investigate if a superior corrosion resistance can also be observed for bulk glassy Zr-Al-Cu-Ni alloys.…”