Enhancement of the Pitting Corrosion Resistance of AISI 316LVM Steel with Ta-Hf-C/Au Bilayers for Biomedical Applications

Figure 7

SEM micrographs of the different samples after the corrosive attack: (a) 316LVM steel, (b) Au, (c) TaC/Au, (d) HfC/Au, (e) 30TaC-70HfC/Au, and (f) 70TaC-30HfC/Au. The numbers show the points where the EDS analyses were performed.

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