journal article·2025-08Open access

Clarifying the role of η-phase with varying chemistry on localised corrosion of a Cu-containing 7xxx Al-alloy by quasi-in-situ TEM

S.K. Kairy, Y. Wu, S. Turk, A. Shekhter, R.G. Buchheit, N. Birbilis

Corrosion Science· Volume 253

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