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Rare Metal Materials and Engineering Volume 43, Issue 4, April 2014 Online English edition of the Chinese language journal Cite this article as: Rare Metal Materials and Engineering, 2014, 43(4): 0791-0795. ARTICLE Effect of Mg-Zn-Nd Quasicrystal Addition on Corrosion Resistance of AZ91 Alloys Zhao Zhenwei, Teng Xinying, Zhou Guorong, Leng Jinfeng, Geng Jiwei University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China Abstract: The purpose of this study is to improve the corrosion resistance of AZ91 alloys through adding different contents of Mg-Zn-Nd quasicrystal master alloy. The microstructure and the corrosion behavior of AZ91 alloys with addition of Mg-Zn-Nd (MZN) quasicrystal master alloy were investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) equipped with electron dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray diffractometry (XRD), mass loss tests and potentiodynamic polarization measurements. The results show that the microstructures of AZ91 alloys are significantly refined, and the morphology of β -Mg17Al12 phase changes from a continuous net to a discrete net or even to particles after adding MZN quasicrystal master alloy. Moreover, the amount of β -Mg17Al12 phase is reduced. The alloy with 6wt% MZN quasicrystal master alloy has the best corrosion resistance, and the corrosion rate is 0.8 (mg·cm-2)/d, only 1/15 of that of common AZ91 alloy, but the excessive MZN quasicrystal master alloy could result in a poorer corrosion resistance of AZ91 alloy. Key words: magnesium alloy; mass loss; quasicrystal; corrosion resistance Magnesium alloys have attracted a great