Olesya A Buryakovskaya, Konstantin I Maslakov, Nikita O Borshchev, Grayr N Ambaryan, Aleksey V Butyrin, Mikhail S Vlaskin
A swarf of aluminum alloy with high corrosion resistance and ductility was successfully converted into fine hydro reactive powders via ball milling with silver powder and either lithium chloride or gallium. The latter substances significantly intensified particle size reduction, while silver formed 'cathodic' sites (Ag, Ag2 Al), promoting Al corrosion in aqueous saline solutions with hydrogen generation. The diffraction patterns, microphotographs, and elemental analysis results demonstrated partial aluminum oxidation in the samples and their contamination with tungsten carbide from milling balls...
January 21, 2024: Molecules: a Journal of Synthetic Chemistry and Natural Product Chemistry