This special issue of Corrosion focuses on the corrosion of magnesium and its alloys. It is with great pleasure that I have served as the guest editor for this issue, which presents original articles that have been contributed from research groups around the world.
The corrosion of magnesium and its alloys is a timely topic facing corrosion science and engineering, given the rising costs of energy, the need for light weighting, and the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. As the lightest engineering/structural metal, magnesium is poised to play an increasing role in commodity applications, namely, in portable electronics (3C) and transportation.
It is well known that one of the major hurdles to the more widespread use of magnesium is its inherently poor corrosion resistance. As a reactive metal, magnesium has traditionally found applications as a sacrificial anode; however, a recent surge of research and development is seeing the number...
