The corrosion behaviors of the ArF excimer laser copper alloy electrodes were studied. The morphology, composition and impurities were characterized by optical microscope, scanning electron microscopy, electron microprobe and glow discharge mass spectrometer methods. The anode produces the reef, the corrosion pits, the hole layer and the $1{-}10~\unicode[STIX]{x03BC}\text{m}$ level flake impurity. The cathode produces the particles, the sputtering pits, the element reduce layer and the $1~\unicode[STIX]{x03BC}\text{m}$ level particle impurity. Besides the Cu element, other elements in the alloy participate in the corrosion: Al element in the reef is over 1.5 times of the anode, Zn element in the particles is 1.3 times of the cathode, many trace elements congregate on the copper surface several and even hundreds of times. These elements are responsible to a great degree for the impurities and the rapid energy decline of the long-time idled laser.

It is desirable to evaluate the ratcheting behavior of biomedical magnesium under cyclic loading with and without precorrosion, due to the promising future in biomedical implant field. This study focuses on the investigation of the uniaxial ratcheting strain evolutions of ZEK100 magnesium alloy sheet under various loading conditions and different corrosion time. To illustrate the ratcheting response in detail, the effects of several factors on the ratcheting strain evolution were discussed, including mean stress, stress amplitude, specimen orientations, loading history, and precorroded duration. A series of asymmetrical multistep stress-controlled ratcheting tests were conducted. The mean stress, stress amplitude, and precorrosion duration have significant influence on the ratcheting response of material. ZEK100 magnesium alloy is sensitive to loading history. ZEK100 magnesium alloy exhibits anisotropic behavior, and it is found that the final ratcheting strain of transverse direction (TD) specimens is always larger than that of rolling direction (RD) specimens. The corrosion behavior of ZEK100 magnesium alloy in phosphate buffered solution (PBS) simulated physiological environment was also studied. The corrosion process is characterized by pitting corrosion, and the corrosion rate of material stabilizes at about 2.4 g/(m2 d) after an exponentially decrease at initial stage.

The joint of dissimilar metals between Mo2FeB2-based cermets and 316L stainless steel was welded by gas tungsten arc welding with no fillers. The weldability was investigated by plate rigid restraint cracking test and transverse rupture strength was measured by the three-point bending test. Microstructure of the weld joint was studied with scanning electron microscope, energy-dispersive spectrometer, X-ray diffractometer and differential scanning calorimeter, etc. Corrosion behavior was investigated by the potentiodynamic polarization test. Results revealed that weld solidification cracking susceptibility existed in the fusion zone. Coarse irregular complex ternary boride phase (M3B2) and hypoeutectic microstructure were formed in weld metal (WM). In heat affected zone (HAZ), a small number of M3B2 grains dissolved into the γ-Fe based binder, with growth and coalescence of the remaining M3B2 grains. Microhardness of HAZ increased slightly and WM presented the highest microhardness in the whole joint. Besides, potentiodynamic polarization test showed that WM had a better corrosion resistance than Mo2FeB2-based cermets, which can be attributed to the higher Cr content and relatively homogenous Mo distribution.