The corrosion resistance of Zr-Al-Ni-Cu(Nb) bulk amorphous alloys was systematically investigated. The experimental results show that the corrosion resistance of Zr-based bulk amorphous alloys can not be considered to be excellent at any situation, whereas it is affected by many factors such as the kind of corrosive medium, solution concentration and the alloy composition. It is found that Zr-Al-Ni-Cu bulk amorphous alloys are seriously corroded in HCl solution in comparison with their excellent corrosion resistance at other acid, alkali and salt circumstances for passivating. Its resistance ability against the chlorine ion induced pitting corrosion can be greatly improved by the addition of Nb element.
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