Cars: Understanding magnesium corrosion
In the fight against climate change, fuel efficiency in cars is crucial. One way to lower fuel consumption is to use new alloys such as magnesium, which is 30% lighter than aluminum, to decrease the weight of cars.
However, because magnesium corrodes easily this is a not yet a viable solution for the automotive industry. That’s why McGill researchers are trying to better understand the mechanisms involved in magnesium corrosion.
Phillippe Dauphin-Ducharme, PhD student in chemistry at McGill University, and Janine Mauzeroll, associate professor of chemistry at McGill University both wrote a cover feature article in Analytical Chemistry published on August 4th 2015 about magnesium corrosion.
Phillippe Dauphin-Ducharme was also interviewed on the podcast of Analytical Chemistry about the article.
Expert: Janine Mauzeroll, director of the Laboratory for Electrochemical Reactive Imaging and Detection of Biological Systems, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, McGill University
Expertise: Expert in electrochemistry, her research focuses among other things on corrosion, batteries, biosensors and multidrug resistance.
Contact: janine.mauzeroll [at] mcgill.ca. She can answers in English and French.
