Assoc Prof Nick Birbilis - Researcher Profile

Biography

Dr. Birbilis' research interests include the broad areas of corrosion and corrosion control. Current focus is centred on microstructure-corrosion relationships, exploring the metallurgical factors that dictate localised corrosion initiation and propagation. Interests lie in the areas of:

• Advanced electrochemical analysis, including electrochemical AFM/STM and transient techniques
• Kinetic stability of heterogeneous materials, such as aerospace alloys
• Fundamental characterisation of corrosion processes on the nano/micro-scale, employing high resolution microscopy
• Development of corrosion resistant light alloys
• Gradient structures
• Corrosion resistant coatings and claddings

Keywords

Commentary: corrosion, metallurgy, electrochemistry, alloy design, Supervision: corrosion

Qualifications

GRAD CERT HIGHER ED

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2010

PH.D MATERIALS ENGINEERING

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2004

B. ENG (MATERIALS ENG) FIRST CLASS HONS

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2001

Publications

Book Chapters

Gupta, R.K., Birbilis, N., Zhang, J., 2012, Oxidation resistance of nanocrystalline alloys, in Corrosion Resistance, eds Hong Shih, InTech, Rijeka Croatia, pp. 213-235.

Birbilis, N., Hinton, B., 2011, Corrosion and corrosion protection of aluminium, in Fundamentals of aluminium metallurgy, eds Roger N Lumley, Woodhead Publishing, UK, pp. 574-604.

Scamans, G.M., Birbilis, N., Buchheit, R.G., 2010, Corrosion of aluminum and its alloys, in Shreir's Corrosion, eds Tony Richardson, Elsevier, The Netherlands, pp. 1974-2010.

Lynch, S.P., Birbilis, N., Muddle, B.C., 2009, Stress-corrosion cracking of AI-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys effects of composition and heat-treatment - Hydrogen from Aqueous Environments, in Effects of Hydrogen on Materials - Proceedings of the 2008 International Hydrogen Conference, eds Brian Somerday, Petros Sofronis, Russell Jones, ASM International, Metals Park, OH, USA, pp. 243-250.

Journal Articles

Chen, X., Zhou, X., Abbott, T.B., Easton, M.A., Birbilis, N., 2013, Double-layered manganese phosphate conversion coating on magnesium alloy AZ91D: Insights into coating formation, growth and corrosion resistance, Surface and Coatings Technology [P], vol 217, Elsevier Science SA, Lausanne Switzerland, pp. 147-155.

Kirkland, N., Birbilis, N., Staiger, M., 2012, Assessing the corrosion of biodegradable magnesium implants: a critical review of current methodologies and their limitations, Acta Biomaterialia [P], vol 8, issue 3, Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 925-936.

Kirkland, N.T., Waterman, J., Birbilis, N., Dias, G., Woodfield, T., Hartshorn, R., Staiger, M., 2012, Buffer-regulated biocorrosion of pure magnesium, Journal Of Materials Science-Materials In Medicine [P], vol 23, issue 2, Springer, The Netherlands, pp. 283-291.

Yang, H., Chen, X., Guo, X., Wu, G., Ding, W., Birbilis, N., 2012, Coating pretreatment for Mg alloy AZ91D, Applied Surface Science [P], vol 258, issue 14, Elsevier Science BV, The Netherlands, pp. 5472-5481.

Thomas, S., Birbilis, N., Venkatraman, M., Cole, I., 2012, Corrosion of zinc as a function of pH, Corrosion [P], vol 68, issue 1, NACE International, USA, pp. 1-9.

Chen, X., Yang, H.Y., Abbott, T., Easton, M.A., Birbilis, N., 2012, Corrosion-resistant electrochemical platings on magnesium alloys: A state-of-the-art review, Corrosion [P], vol 68, issue 6, NACE International, Houston TX USA, pp. 518-535.

Xu, D., Birbilis, N., Rometsch, P., 2012, Effect of S-phase dissolution on the corrosion and stress corrosion cracking of an As-rolled Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy, Corrosion [P], vol 68, issue 3, NACE International, USA, pp. 1-10.

Chen, X., Birbilis, N., Abbott, T., 2012, Effect of [Ca2+] and [PO(4)(3-)] levels on the formation of calcium phosphate conversion coatings on die-cast magnesium alloy AZ91D, Corrosion Science [P], vol 55, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 226-232.

Gupta, R.K., Sukiman, N., Fleming, K.M., Gibson, M.A., Birbilis, N., 2012, Electrochemical behavior and localized corrosion associated with Mg2Si particles in Al and Mg alloys, ECS Electrochemistry Letters [E], vol 1, issue 1, The Electrochemical Society, New Jersey USA, pp. 1-3.

Kirkland, N., Schiller, T., Medhekar, N., Birbilis, N., 2012, Exploring graphene as a corrosion protection barrier, Corrosion Science [P], vol 56, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 1-4.

Brunner, J., Birbilis, N., Ralston, K., Virtanen, S., 2012, Impact of ultrafine-grained microstructure on the corrosion of aluminium alloy AA2024, Corrosion Science [P], vol 57, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 209-214.

Xu, D., Rometsch, P., Birbilis, N., 2012, Improved solution treatment for an as-rolled A1-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy. Part 1. Characterisation of constituent particles and overheating, Materials Science & Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing [P], vol 534, Elsevier Science SA, Switzerland, pp. 234-243.

Xu, D., Rometsch, P., Birbilis, N., 2012, Improved solution treatment for an as-rolled A1-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy. Part II. Microstructure and mechanical properties, Materials Science & Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing [P], vol 534, Elsevier Science BV, Switzerland, pp. 244-252.

Chen, X., Kirkland, N.T., Krebs, H., Thiriat, M., Virtanen, S., Nisbet, D.R., Birbilis, N., 2012, In vitro corrosion survey of Mg-xCa and Mg-3Zn-yCa alloys with and without calcium phosphate conversion coatings, Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology [P], vol 47, issue 5, Maney Publishing, UK, pp. 365-373.

Chen, X., Yang, H., Abbott, T.B., Easton, M.A., Birbilis, N., 2012, Magnesium: Engineering the surface, JOM [P], vol 64, issue 6, Springer, New York USA, pp. 650-656.

Gupta, R., Sukiman, N., Cavanaugh, M., Hinton, B., Hutchinson, C., Birbilis, N., 2012, Metastable pitting characteristics of aluminium alloys measured using current transients during potentiostatic polarisation, Electrochimica Acta [P], vol 66, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 245-254.

Cavanaugh, M., Birbilis, N., Buchheit, R., 2012, Modeling pit initiation rate as a function of environment for aluminium alloy 7075-T651, Electrochimica Acta [P], vol 59, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 336-345.

Yang, H., Guo, X., Chen, X., Wang, S., Wu, G., Ding, W., Birbilis, N., 2012, On the electrodeposition of nickel-zinc alloys from a eutectic-based ionic liquid, Electrochimica Acta [P], vol 63, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 131-138.

Menzies, D.J., Gengenbach, T., Forsythe, J., Birbilis, N., Johnson, G., Charles, C., McFarland, G., Williams, R., Fong, C., Leech, P., McLean, K., Muir, B., 2012, One step multifunctional micropatterning of surfaces using asymmetric glow discharge plasma polymerization, Chemical Communications [P], vol 48, issue 13, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge UK, pp. 1907-1909.

Gupta, R.K., Deschamps, A., Cavanaugh, M.K., Lynch, S.P., Birbilis, N., 2012, Relating the early evolution of microstructure with the electrochemical response and mechanical performance of a Cu-Rich and Cu-Lean 7xxx aluminum alloy, Journal of the Electrochemical Society [P], vol 159, issue 11, Electrochemical Society Inc, Pennington NJ USA, pp. 492-502.

Cole, I., Paterson, D., Corrigan, P., Sim, S., Birbilis, N., 2012, State of the aqueous phase in liquid and supercritical CO2 as relevant to CCS pipelines, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control [P], vol 7, Elsevier Science Ltd, UK, pp. 82-88.

Xu, D., Birbilis, N., Rometsch, P., 2012, The effect of pre-ageing temperature and retrogression heating rate on the strength and corrosion behaviour of AA7150, Corrosion Science [P], vol 54, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 17-25.

Sim, S., Corrigan, P., Cole, I., Birbilis, N., 2012, Use of aqueous solutions to simulate supercritical CO2 corrosion, Corrosion [P], vol 68, issue 4, NACE International, USA, pp. 1-11.

Birbilis, N., Cavanaugh, M., Sudholz, A., Zhu, S., Easton, M., Gibson, M., 2011, A combined neural network and mechanistic approach for the prediction of corrosion rate and yield strength of magnesium-rare earth alloys, Corrosion Science [P], vol 53, issue 1, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, UK, pp. 168-176.

Chen, X., Birbilis, N., Abbott, T., 2011, A simple route towards a hydroxyapatite-Mg(OH)2 conversion coating for magnesium, Corrosion Science [P], vol 53, issue 6, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 2263-2268.

Ralston, K., Fabijanic, D., Jones, R., Birbilis, N., 2011, Achieving a chromium rich surface upon steels via FBR-CVD chromising treatments, Corrosion Science [P], vol 53, issue 9, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 2835-2842.

Ralston, K., Fabijanic, D., Birbilis, N., 2011, Effect of grain on corrosion of high purity aluminium, Electrochimica Acta [P], vol 56, issue 4, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 1729-1736.

Ralston, K.D., Brunner, J.G., Virtanen, S., Birbilis, N., 2011, Effect of processing on grain size and corrosion of AA2024-T3, Corrosion [P], vol 67, issue 10, NACE International, Houston TX USA, pp. 1-10.

Xu, D., Birbilis, N., Lashansky, D., Rometsch, P., Muddle, B., 2011, Effect of solution treatment on the corrosion behaviour of aluminium alloy AA7150: optimisation for corrosion resistance, Corrosion Science [P], vol 53, issue 1, Elsevier Ltd, UK, pp. 217-225.

Sudholz, A., Gusieva, K., Chen, X., Muddle, B., Gibson, M., Birbilis, N., 2011, Electrochemical behaviour and corrosion of Mg-Y alloys, Corrosion Science [P], vol 53, issue 6, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, UK, pp. 2277-2282.

Sudholz, A., Kirkland, N., Buchheit, R., Birbilis, N., 2011, Electrochemical properties of intermetallic phases and common impurity elements in magnesium alloys, Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters [P], vol 14, issue 2, Electrochemical Society Inc, USA, pp. 5-7.

Yang, H., Guo, X., Wu, G., Ding, W., Birbilis, N., 2011, Electrodepositon of chemically and mechanically protective Al-coatings on AZ91D Mg alloy, Corrosion Science [P], vol 53, issue 1, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, UK, pp. 381-387.

Orlov, D., Ralston, K., Birbilis, N., Estrin, J., 2011, Enhanced corrosion resistance of Mg alloy ZK60 after processing by integrated extrusion and equal channel angular pressing, Acta Materialia [P], vol 59, issue 15, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 6176-6186.

Wang, Q., Birbilis, N., Zhang, M., 2011, Interfacial structure between particles in an aluminium deposit produced by cold spray, Materials Letters [P], vol 65, issue 11, Elsevier Science BV, The Netherlands, pp. 1576-1578.

Chen, X., Birbilis, N., Abbott, T., 2011, Review of corrosion-resistant conversion coatings for magnesium and its alloys, Corrosion [P], vol 67, issue 3, National Association Corrosion Engineering (NACE International), USA, pp. 1-16.

Kumar, A., Kanta, A., Birbilis, N., Williams, T., Muddle, B., 2010, A pseudoboehmite-silane hybrid coating for enhanced corrosion protection of AA2024-T3, Journal of the Electrochemical Society [P], vol 157, issue 10, Electrochemical Society, USA, pp. C346-C356.

Kirkland, N., Lespagnol, J., Birbilis, N., Staiger, M., 2010, A survey of bio-corrosion rates of magnesium alloys, Corrosion Science [P], vol 52, issue 2, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, UK, pp. 287-291.

Knight, S., Birbilis, N., Muddle, B., Trueman, A., Lynch, S., 2010, Correlations between intergranular stress corrosion cracking, grain-boundary microchemistry, and grain-boundary electrochemistry for Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys, Corrosion Science [P], vol 52, issue 12, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, UK, pp. 4073-4080.

Ralston, K., Birbilis, N., 2010, Effect of grain size on corrosion: A review, Corrosion [P], vol 66, issue 7, NACE International, USA, pp. 7500501-7500513.

Buchheit, R., Birbilis, N., 2010, Electrochemical microscopy: An approach for understanding localized corrosion in microstructurally complex metallic alloys, Electrochimica Acta [P], vol 55, issue 27, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, England, UK, pp. 7853-7859.

Birbilis, N., Ralston, K., Virtanen, S., Fraser, H., Davies, C., 2010, Grain character influences on corrosion of ECAPed pure magnesium, Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology [P], vol 45, issue 3, Maney Publishing, UK, pp. 224-230.

Kirland, N., Birbilis, N., Walker, J., Woodfield, T., Dias, G., Staiger, M., 2010, In-vitro dissolution of magnesium-calcium binary alloys: Clarifying the unique role of calcium additions in bioresorbable magnesium implant alloys, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials [P], vol 95, issue 1, Wiley Periodicals Inc, USA, pp. 91-100.

Han, Y., Birbilis, N., Spencer, K., Zhang, M., Muddle, B., 2010, Investigation of Cu coatings deposited by kinetic metallization, Materials Characterization [P], vol 61, issue 11, Elsevier Science Inc, UK, pp. 1167-1186.

Cavanaugh, M., Buchheit, R., Birbilis, N., 2010, Modeling the environmental dependence of pit growth using neural network approaches, Corrosion Science [P], vol 52, issue 9, Elsevier, UK, pp. 3070-3077.

Ralston, K., Birbilis, N., Davies, C., 2010, Revealing the relationship between grain size and corrosion rate of metals, Scripta Materialia [P], vol 63, issue 12, Elsevier Pergamon, UK, pp. 1201-1204.

Ralston, K., Birbilis, N., Cavanaugh, M., Weyland, M., Muddle, B., Marceau, R., 2010, Role of nanostructure in pitting of Al-Cu-Mg alloys, Electrochimica Acta [P], vol 55, issue 27, Elsevier Pergamon Ltd, UK, pp. 7834-7842.

Ralston, K., Birbilis, N., Weyland, M., Hutchinson, C., 2010, The effect of precipitate size on the yield strength-pitting corrosion correlation in Al-Cu-Mg alloys, Acta Materialia [P], vol 58, issue 18, Pergamon Elsevier, UK, pp. 5941-5948.

Wang, Q., Spencer, K., Birbilis, N., Zhang, M., 2010, The influence of ceramic particles on bond strength of cold spray composite coatings on AZ91 alloy substrate, Surface and Coatings Technology [P], vol 205, issue 1, Elsevier Science SA, Switzerland, pp. 50-56.

Sudholz, A., Birbilis, N., Bettles, C.J., Gibson, M., 2009, Corrosion behaviour of Mg-alloy AZ91E with atypical alloying additions, Journal of Alloys and Compounds [P], vol 471, issue 1-2, Elsevier, Switzerland, pp. 109-115.

Cavanaugh, M.K., Buchheit, R.G., Birbilis, N., 2009, Evaluation of a simple microstructural-electrochemical model for corrosion damage accumulation in microstructurally complex aluminum alloys, Engineering Fracture Mechanics [P], vol 76, issue 5, Elsevier, England, UK, pp. 641-650.

Li, J., Jia, Z.Q., Li, C., Birbilis, N., Cai, C., 2009, Exfoliation corrosion of 7150 Al alloy with various tempers and its electrochemical impedance spectroscopy in EXCO solution, Materials And Corrosion-Werkstoffe Und Korrosion [P], vol 60, issue 6, Wiley, Germany, pp. 407-414.

Birbilis, N., Meyer, K., Muddle, B.C., Lynch, S.P., 2009, In situ measurement of corrosion on the nanoscale, Corrosion Science [P], vol 51, issue 8, Elsevier, England, UK, pp. 1569-1572.

Li, J., Birbilis, N., Li, C., Jia, Z.Q., Cai, B., Zheng, Z.Q., 2009, Influence of retrogression temperature and time on the mechanical properties and exfoliation corrosion behavior of aluminium alloy AA7150, Materials Characterization [P], vol 60, issue 11, Elsevier, USA, pp. 1334-1341.

Birbilis, N., Easton, M.A., Sudholz, A., Zhu, S., Gibson, M., 2009, On the corrosion of binary magnesium-rare earth alloys, Corrosion Science [P], vol 51, issue 3, Elsevier, England, UK, pp. 683-689.

Chia, T., Easton, M.A., Zhu, S., Gibson, M.A., Birbilis, N., Nie, J.F., 2009, The effect of alloy composition on the microstructure and tensile properties of binary Mg-rare earth alloys, Intermetallics [P], vol 17, issue 7, Elsevier Science Ltd, England, UK, pp. 481-490.

Op't Hoog, C., Birbilis, N., Estrin, J., 2008, Corrosion of pure Mg as a function of grain size and processing route, Advanced Engineering Materials, vol 10, issue 6, Wiley, Germany, pp. 579-582.

Birbilis, N., Buchheit, R.G., 2008, Measurement and discussion of low-temperature hot corrosion damage accumulation upon nickel-based superalloy Rene 104, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, vol 39, Springer, New York, pp. 3224-3232.

Birbilis, N., Cavanaugh, M.K., Kovarik, L., Buchheit, R.G., 2008, Nano-scale dissolution phenomena in Al-Cu-Mg alloys, Electrochemistry Communications, vol 10, Elsevier, New York, pp. 32-37.

Birbilis, N., Cavanaugh, M.K., Buchheit, R.G., 2008, Predicting corrosion damage evolution from microstructure in a deterministric sense: a first order example for aluminium alloy AA7075-T651, Corrosion and Materials, vol 33, issue 5, Australasian Corrosion Association, Australia, pp. 14-22.

Op't Hoog, C., Birbilis, N., Zhang, M., Estrin, J., 2008, Surface grain size effects on the corrosion of magnesium, Key Engineering Materials, vol 384, Trans Tech Publications Ltd, Switzerland, pp. 229-240.

Birbilis, N., Howlett, P., Macfarlane, D.R., Forsyth, M., 2007, Exploring corrosion protection of Mg via ionic liquid pretreatment, Surface and Coatings Technology, vol 201, issue 8, Elsevier Science SA, Switzerland, pp. 4496-4504.

Cavanaugh, M.K., Birbilis, N., Buchheit, R.G., Bovard, F., 2007, Investigating localized corrosion susceptibility arising from Sc containing intermetallic Al3Sc in high strength Al-alloys, Scripta Materialia, vol 56, Pergamon - Elsevier, USA, pp. 995-998.

Birbilis, N., Holloway, L.D., 2007, Use of the time constant to detect corrosion speed in reinforced concrete structures, Cement and Concrete Composites, vol 29, issue 4, Elsevier, England, UK, pp. 330-336.

Forsyth, M., Howlett, P.C., Tan, S.Y., Macfarlane, D.R., Birbilis, N., 2006, An ionic liquid surface treatment for corrosion protection of magnesium alloy AZ31, Electrochemical and Solid State Letters, vol 9, issue 11, Electrochemical Society, Pennington New Jersey, pp. B52-B55.

Birbilis, N., Cavanaugh, M.K., Buchheit, R.G., 2006, Electrochemical behavior and localized corrosion associated with Al7Cu2Fe particles in aluminum alloy 7075-T651, Corrosion Science, vol 48, issue 12, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 4202-4215.

Birbilis, N., Howlett, P.C., Macfarlane, D.R., Forsyth, M., 2006, Exploring corrosion protection of Mg via ionic liquid pretreatment, Surface & Coatings Technology, vol 201, issue 8, Elsevier, USA, pp. 4496-4504.

Birbilis, N., Buchheit, R.G., 2005, Electrochemical characteristics of intermetallic phases in aluminum alloys : An experimental survey and discussion, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, vol 152, issue 4, Electrochemical Society Inc, New Jersey USA, pp. B140-B151.

Gonzalez, J.A., Miranda, J., Birbilis, N., Feliu, S., 2005, Electrochemical techniques for studying corrosion of reinforcing steel: limitations and advantages, Corrosion, vol 61, issue 1, National Association of Corrosion Engineers, Houston USA, pp. 37-50.

Birbilis, N., Buchheit, R.G., Ho, D., Forsyth, M., 2005, Inhibition of AA2024-T3 on a Phase-by-Phase Basis using an Environmentally Benign Inhibitor, Cerium Dibutyl Phosphate, Electrochemical and Solid State Letters, vol 8, issue 11, Electrochemical Society, Pennington USA, pp. C180-C183.

Birbilis, N., Padgett, B.N., Buchheit, R.G., 2005, Limitations in microelectrochemical capillary cell testing and transformation of electrochemical transients for acquisition of microcell impedance data, Electrochimica Acta, vol 50, issue 16-17, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 3536-3544.

Birbilis, N., Cherry, B.W., 2005, Monitoring the corrosion and remediation of reinforced concrete on-site: An alternative approach, Materials and Corrosion-Werkstoffe und Korrosion, vol 56, issue 4, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, Weinheim Germany, pp. 237-243.

Birbilis, N., Holloway, L., Forsyth, M., 2005, Technical note: Simulated transient loss of cathodic protection for buried pipelines, Corrosion, vol 61, issue 5, Natl. Assn. Corrosion Engineering, Houston USA, pp. 498-501.

Birbilis, N., Cherry, B.W., 2004, Alternative methodology for on site monitoring of corrosion and remediation of reinforced concrete, Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology, vol 39, issue 4, Maney Publishing, Leed England, pp. 321-326.

Singh, R., Birbilis, N., Efthimiadis, J., 2004, Corrosion of Mg alloy AZ91 - the role of microstructure, Corrosion Engineering, Science and Technology, vol 39, issue 4, Maney, England, UK, pp. 346-360.

Singh Raman, R.K., Birbilis, N., Efthimiadis, J., 2004, Corrosion of Mg alloy AZ91 - the role of microstructure, Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology, vol 39, issue 4, Maney Publishing, Leeds UK, pp. 346-350.

Birbilis, N., Nairn, K.M., Forsyth, M., 2004, On the electrochemical response and interfacial properties of steel-Ca(OH)2 and the steel-concrete system measured using galvanostatic pulses, Electrochimica Acta, vol 49, Elsevier Science Ltd., Oxford UK, pp. 4331-4339.

Birbilis, N., Nairn, K.M., Forsyth, M., 2004, Transient response analysis of steel in concrete, Corrosion Science, vol 45, issue 9, Elsevier Science Ltd., Oxford UK, pp. 1895-1902.

Birbilis, N., Nairn, K.M., Forsyth, M., 2003, Transient response analysis of steel in concrete, Corrosion Science, vol 45, issue 9, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd., Oxford UK, pp. 1895-1902.

Conference Proceedings

Easton, M.A., Gibson, M.A., Beer, A.G., Barnett, M.R., Davies, C.H.J., Durandet, Y., Blackett, S., Chen, X., Birbilis, N., Abbott, T., 2012, The application of magnesium alloys to the lightweighting of automotive structures, Sustainable Automotive Technologies 2012 - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference, 21 March 2012 to 23 March 2012, Springer, Germany, pp. 17-23.

Cavanaugh, M., Buchheit, R., Birbilis, N., 2010, Characterization of pit growth in AL alloys by neural networks, Proceedings of Corrosion & Prevention 2010, 14 November 2010 to 17 November 2010, Australasian Corrosion Association, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, pp. 1-8.

Venkatraman, M., Cole, I., Birbilis, N., 2010, Electrochemical performance of zinc in acidic chloride solutions, Proceedings of Corrosion & Prevention 2010, 14 November 2010 to 17 November 2010, Australasian Corrosion Association, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, pp. 1-9.

Gandel, D., Birbilis, N., Easton, M., Gibson, M., 2010, Influence of manganese, zirconium and iron on the corrosion of magnesium, Proceedings of Corrosion & Prevention 2010, 14 November 2010 to 17 November 2010, Australasian Corrosion Association, Adelaide, SA, Australia, pp. 1-10.

Zhou, X., Birbilis, N., Macdonald, D., 2010, Kinetic stability of aluminium, Proceedings of Corrosion & Prevention 2010, 14 November 2010 to 17 November 2010, Australasian Corrosion Association Inc, South Australia, Australia, pp. 1-7.

Chen, X., Birbilis, N., Abbott, T., 2010, Phosphate conversion coatings for magnesium and its alloys, Proceedings of Corrosion and Prevention 2010, 14 November 2010 to 17 November 2010, Australasian Corrosion Association, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, pp. 1-6.

Ralston, K., Fabijanic, D., Birbilis, N., 2010, Surface modification for enhanced corrosion resistance using fluid bed reactor chemical vapour deposition (FBR-CVD), Materials Science Forum, 2 August 2010 to 6 August 2010, Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland, pp. 1956-1959.

Sudholz, A., Birbilis, N., Easton, M.A., Gibson, M., Muddle, B.C., 2009, A deconstruction approach to investigating the corrosion behaviour of Mg-rare earth alloys, Corrosion and prevention 2009, 15 November 2009 to 18 November 2009, Australasian Corrosion Association, Victoria, Australia, pp. 1-9.

Ralston, K.D., Birbilis, N., Hutchinson, C., 2009, Corrosion resistant medium strength AI-Cu-Mg alloys, Proceedings of Corrosion and Prevention 2009, 15 November 2009 to 18 November 2009, Australasian Corrosion Association, Australia, pp. 1-8.

Holloway, L.D., Karajayli, P., Birbilis, N., 2009, Galvanostatic pulse corrosion rate monitoring for steel in concrete, Corrosion and prevention 2009, 15 November 2009 to 18 November 2009, Australasian Corrosion Association, Victoria, Austraia, pp. 1-6.

Knight, S.P., Lynch, S.P., Birbilis, N., Muddle, B.C., 2009, Remedial treatments for stress corrosion cracking in AI-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys, Corrosion and prevention 2009, 15 November 2009 to 18 November 2009, Australasian Corrosion Association, Victoria, Australia, pp. 1-12.

Lynch, S.P., Knight, S.P., Birbilis, N., Muddle, B.C., 2008, Heat-treatment, grain-boundary characteristics and fracture resistance of some aluminium alloys, Aluminium Alloys: Their Physical and Mechanical Properties, 22 September 2008 - 26 September 2008, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, pp. 1409-1415.

Sudholz, A., Birbilis, N., Bettles, C.J., Gibson, M., 2007, Corrosion behaviour of Mg-Alloy AZ91E with atypical alloying additions, Corrosion Control 007, 25-28 November 2007, Australasian Corrosion Association Inc, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, p. 90.

Holloway, L.D., Birbilis, N., 2007, Is cathodic protection the green option?, Corrosion Control 007, 25-28 November 2007, Australiasian Corrosion Assocation Inc, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, p. 75.

Singh Raman, R.K., Birbilis, N., Anderson, L., Nie, J.F., Cherry, B.W., 2003, Corrosion of magnesium alloy AZ91: The role of microstructure, Proc. Corrosion Control and NDT Conference 2003, 24/11/03 to 26/11/03, Australasian Corrosion Association Inc., Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 30-1-30-8.

Birbilis, N., Miranda, J., Gonzalez, J.A., Forsyth, M., 2003, On the determination of the corrosion status of steel embedded in concrete via electrochemical techniques, Corrosion Control & NDT, 24/11/03 to 26/11/03, Australasian Corrosion Association Inc., Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. paper100-1-paper100-11.

Chaturvedi, R., Singh Raman, R.K., Saxena, M., Birbilis, N., Muddle, B.C., 2003, Role of microstructure in corrosion of a magnesium alloy ZC63, Proc. Corrosion Control and NDT Conference 2003, 24/11/03 to 26/11/03, Australasian Corrosion Association Inc., Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 112-1-112-7.

Nairn, K.M., Birbilis, N., Forsyth, M., 2002, Corrosion Current Measurement in Reinforced Concrete using Voltage Pulses, Corrosion and Prevention 02, Proceedings, 10/11/2002 to 13/11/2002, Australasian Corrosion Association Inc., Brentford Square Vic Australia, pp. 057/1-057/10.

Yang, Y., Birbilis, N., Sanjayan, J., Taplin, G.R., 2002, Corrosion behaviour of loaded reinforced concrete beams housed in an environmental chamber, Corrosion and Prevention-02 - Proceedings on CD, 10 Noivember 2002 to 13 November 2002, Australian Corrosion Association Inc., Adelaide SA Australia, pp. 1-10.

Birbilis, N., Nairn, K.M., Forsyth, M., 2002, Determination of the Corrosion Status of Concrete Reinforcement using Galvanostatic Pulses, Corrosion and Prevention 02, Proceedings, 10/11/2002 to 13/11/2002, Australasian Corrosion Association Inc., Brentford Square Vic Australia, pp. 021/1-021/8.

Birbilis, N., Cherry, B.W., Gerritsen, B., Forsyth, M., 2002, Monitoring the Corrosion of Concrete Reinforcement using Control Curves, 9th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components, Proceedings, 17/03/2002 to 20/03/2002, CSIRO BCE, Highett Vic Australia, pp. 257/1-257/6.

Birbilis, N., Cherry, B.W., Nairn, K., Forsyth, M., 2001, A Consideration of the Limitations of Polarisation Resistance as a method to Determine Corrosion Status of Concrete Reinforcement, Engineering Materials 2001, 23/09/01 to 26/09/01, Institute of Materials Engineering Australasia, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 277-282.

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