Understanding the enhanced rates of hydrogen evolution on dissolving magnesium

Despite the growing interest in Mg and its alloys, their use has been largely limited due to their high reactivity in aqueous environments. Improving the understanding of the basic principles of Mg corrosion represents the first step to explain and, eventually, improve the corrosion behaviour of Mg alloys. Herein an original mechanistic surface kinetic DFT model that clarifies the mechanism of anomalous HE on anodically polarised Mg is...