Initial surface film on magnesium metal: A characterization by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and photocurrent spectroscopy (PCS)

By M. Santamaría, F. Quarto, S. Zanna, P. Marcus. 2007

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On the corrosion mechanism of Mg investigated by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (2019, methodology): “Additionally, the overall corrosion of Mg also leads to the formation of a thin oxide film (in the nanometer range) on the Mg surface in different corrosive environments that has been evidenced using Xray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) [27,28] or time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy (ToF”
A first quantitative XPS study of the surface films formed, by exposure to water, on Mg and on the Mg–Al intermetallics: Al3Mg2 and Mg17Al12 (2009, unknown): “[40] found that the films formed after immersion in an aqueous electrolyte had a bi-layer structure, consisting of a thin MgO inner layer and a Mg(OH)2 external layer.”
Corrosion characterization of Mg–8Li alloy in NaCl solution (2009, background): “As we know, the corrosion mechanism of pure magnesium was already investigated deeply [12–14].”
Biomedical coatings on magnesium alloys - a review. (2012, methodology): “The Mg(OH)2 layer increases in thickness by several nanometres during immersion in water, whereas the inside MgO layer retains a constant thickness [32].”