Abstract
Amorphous powder of Mg-Ni-Y system was prepared by mechanical alloying, and the amorphous bulk was produced by pulsed current sintering. The corrosion resistance was measured by polarization curve of the sintered amorphous specimen. After mechanically alloying of elementary powders for 400 h, Mg80Ni15Y5 and Mg80Ni10Y5B5 were obtained as powder but Mg80Ni5Y5B10 are obtained like a fish scale. Mg80Ni15Y5 powder consisted of amorphous phase and Mg2Ni compound as the result by XRD and DSC measurements. However, Mg80Ni10Y5B5 powder was almost amorphous phase. The bulk amorphous alloys were produced by pulsed current sintering of these amorphous powders at 423 K and 500 MPa. The pore ratio was about 0.6 %. The Mg amorphous alloys had higher corrosion potentials and lower corrosion current density than AZ91D alloy and pure Mg, and their corrosion resistances of Mg alloy were improved.