摘要:
(Zr
41.2Ti
13.8Cu
12.5Ni
10Be
22.5)
100−xNb
x (at%,
x=0 and 8) bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) were coated on the surface of Q195 steel wires by a continuous coating process. The potentiodynamic polarization tests of these BMGs were conducted in 3.5wt% NaCl aqueous solution. It is found that the addition of 8at% Nb into Zr
41.2Ti
13.8Cu
12.5Ni
10Be
22.5 alloy results in the improvement of corrosion resistance with the pitting potential of −52 mV, the open circuit potential of −446 mV, and the corrosion current density of 9.86×10
−6 mA/cm
2. This may be attributed to that Nb is beneficial to passivate and stabilize Zr and Ti.