Abstract
The corrosion behaviour of AISI 316L, wrought Co-28Cr-6Mo and Ti-6Al-4V was studied in aerated solutions of phosphate buffered saline (PBS) at various concentrations of bovine serum albumin (BSA) at 37 °C. Open circuit potential, potentiodynamic polarization, linear polarization resistance (LPR) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) experiments along with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) on Co-28Cr-6Mo oxide layer were conducted to study the interaction of BSA and passive layers and to measure the corrosion rates. Ti-6Al-4V alloy had the lowest corrosion rate and the highest breakdown potential. It was shown that BSA has enhanced the alloy passive film stability at higher concentrations.
| Original language | British English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3262-3272 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Corrosion Science |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2011 |
Keywords
- A. Alloy
- B. EIS
- B. Polarization
- C. Passive films