ELECTROCHEMICAL-BEHAVIOR OF MAGNESIUM IN ACIDS

The process of electrochemical dissolution of magnesium alloyed with m ercury and of an MA-2 magnesium alloy in solutions of hydrochloric, pe rchloric, and sulfamic acids over the range of concentrations 0.25-2.0 0 M was studied using be means of chronopotentiometry and voltammetry. It was shown that the coefficient of magnesium utilization varies ove r an extremely wide range depending on the concentration of the acid, and also changes greatly as the electrolyte becomes enriched in magnes ium ions.