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Nick BirbilisSELECTED PUBLICATIONSJournal articles
44. Sudholz, A.D., Birbilis, N., Bettles, C.J., Gibson, M.A., “Effect of atypical alloying additions on the corrosion of Mg alloy AZ91E”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds. (Accepted March 2008). In press. 43. op’t Hoog, C. Birbilis, N., Estrin, Y., “Corrosion of pure Mg as a function of grain size and processing route”, Advanced Engineering Materials. (Accepted April 2008). In press. 42. op’t Hoog, C., Birbilis, N., Zhang, M-X. and Estrin, Y., “Surface grain size effects on the corrosion of magnesium”: Key Engineering Materials. (Accepted Jan. 2008). In press. (Invited Paper) 41. Cavanaugh, M.K., Buchheit, R.G. and Birbilis, N., “Evaluation of a Simple Microstructural-Electrochemical Model for Corrosion Damage Accumulation in Microstructurally Complex Aluminum Alloys”: Engineering Fracture Mechanics. (Accepted Dec. 2007). In press. (Invited Paper) 40. Birbilis, N., Buchheit, R.G., “Electrochemical characteristics for intermetallic phases common to aluminum alloys as a function of solution pH”, Journal of the. Electrochemical Society 155 (3), pC117, 2008. 39. Birbilis, N., Cavanaugh, M.K., Kovarik, L, Buchheit, R.G. “Nanoscale dissolution phenomena in Al-Cu-Mg alloys” Electrochemistry Communications, 10, p.32. 2008. 38. Cavanaugh, M.K., Birbilis, N, Buchheit, R.G. and Bovard, F., “Investigating localized corrosion susceptibility arising from Sc containing intermetallic Al3Sc in high strength Al-alloys” Scripta Materialia, 56 (11), p995. 2007. 37. Birbilis, N., Howlett, P.C., MacFarlane, D.R. and Forsyth, M., “Exploring corrosion protection of Mg via ionic liquid pretreatment” Surface Coatings and Technology, 201, p4496. 2007. 36. Birbilis, N. and Holloway, L.J., “Use of the time constant to detect corrosion speed in reinforced concrete structures” Cement and Concrete Composites 29, p330. 2007. 35. Birbilis, N., Cavanaugh, M.K. and Buchheit, R.G., “Electrochemical behavior and localized corrosion associated with Al7Cu2Fe particles in aluminum alloy 7075-T651” Corrosion Science 48 (12), p4202, 2006. 34. Birbilis, N., Cavanaugh, M.K. and Buchheit, R.G., “Electrochemical response of AA7075-T651 following immersion in NaCl solution” ECS Transactions 1 (4), p115, 2006. 33. Forsyth, M., Howlett, P.C., Tan, S.K. MacFarlane, D.R. and Birbilis, N., “An Ionic Liquid Surface Treatment for Corrosion Protection of Magnesium Alloy AZ31” Electrochem. Solid State Letts. 9 (11), pB52, 2006. 32. Birbilis, N. and Buchheit, R.G., “An experimental survey of electrochemical characteristics for intermetallic phases in aluminum alloys” Journal of the Electrochemical Society 152 (4), pB140, 2005. 31. Birbilis, N., Padgett, B.N. and Buchheit, R.G., “Limitations in microelectrochemical capillary testing and transformation of electrochemical transients for acquisition of microcell impedance data” Electrochimica Acta 50, p3536, 2005. 30. Birbilis, N., Buchheit, R.G., Ho, D.L. and Forsyth, M., “Inhibition of AA2024-T3 on a phase-by-phase basis using an environmentally benign inhibitor: Cerium dibutyl-phosphate” Electrochem. Solid State Letts. 8 (11), pC180, 2005. 29. Birbilis, N. and Cherry, B.W., “Monitoring the corrosion and remediation of reinforced concrete on-site: An alternative approach” Werkstoffe und Korrosion 56 (4), p237, 2005. 28. Birbilis, N. Holloway, L.J. and Forsyth, M., “Simulated transient loss of cathodic protection for buried pipelines” Corrosion 61 (5), p.498, 2005. 27. González, J.A., Miranda J.M., Birbilis N. and Feliu S., “Electrochemical techniques for studying corrosion of reinforcing steel: Limitations and Advantages” Corrosion 61 (1), p37, 2005. 26. Birbilis, N. and Cherry, B.W., “An alternative methodology for the on-site monitoring of corrosion and remediation of reinforced concrete” Corrosion Engineering, Science and Technology 39 (4), p.321, 2004. 25. Singh Raman, R.K., Birbilis, N. and Efthimiadis, J., “Corrosion of Mg alloy AZ91 – The role of microstructure” Corrosion Engineering, Science and Technology 39 (4), p346, 2004. 24. Birbilis, N. and Buchheit, R.G., “Corrosion damage accumulation on high strength aluminum alloys: Some advances in understanding the role of intermetallics” Corrosion and Materials 29 (6), p4. 2004. 23. Birbilis, N., Nairn, K.M and Forsyth, M., “On the electrochemical response and interfacial properties of steel-Ca(OH)2 and the steel-concrete system measured using galvanostatic pulses” Electrochimica Acta 49, p4331, 2004. 22. Birbilis, N., Nairn, K.M. and Forsyth, M., “Transient response analysis of steel in concrete” Corrosion Science 45, p1895, 2003. Refereed conference papers21. Sudholz, A.D., Birbilis, N., Bettles, C.J., Gibson, M.A., “Corrosion behaviour of Mg-alloy AZ91E with atypical alloying additions”, Proc. Conf. Corrosion and Prevention ’07, Sydney, Australia, 2007. 20. Holloway, L., Birbilis, N., “Is Cathodic Protection the Green Option?”, Proc. Conf. Corrosion and Prevention ’07, Sydney, Australia, 2007. 19. Birbilis, N., Buchheit, R.G. and Holloway, L.J., “Advances in monitoring the corrosion and protection of concrete reinforcement over the past decade” CORROSION/ 2006, NACE, San Diego, CA, Paper 06332, 13pp, 2006 18. Birbilis, N., Cavanaugh, M.K., Buchheit, R.G., Harlow, D.G. and Wei, R.P., “Understanding damage accumulation upon AA7075-T651 used in airframes from a microstructural point of view”, Proc. Symposium; Applications of Materials Science to Military Systems, 11pp, MS&T, Pittsburgh, PA, 2005. 17. Holloway, L., Birbilis, N. and Forsyth, M., “Long term monitoring of a reinforced concrete remediation method in a marine environment” Proc. Intl. Conf. Eurocorr, Nice, France, Manuscript 490, 10pp, 2004. 16. Birbilis, N., Miranda, J.M., González, J.A. and Forsyth, M., “On the determination of the corrosion status of steel embedded in concrete via electrochemical techniques” Proc. Conf. Corrosion and Prevention ’03, Melbourne, Australia, Paper 100, 12pp, 2003. 15. Singh Raman, R.K., Birbilis, N., Anderson, L., Nie, J.F. and Cherry, B.W., “Corrosion of magnesium alloy AZ91: The role of microstructure” Proc. Conf. Corrosion and Prevention ’03, Melbourne, Australia, Paper 30, 8pp, 2003. 14. Chaturvedi, R., Singh Raman, R.K., Saxena, A., Birbilis, N. and Muddle, B.C., “Role of microstructure in corrosion of magnesium alloy ZC63” Proc. Conf. Corrosion and Prevention ’03, Melbourne, Australia, Paper 112, 7pp, 2003. 13. Yang, Y., Birbilis, N., Sanjayan, J.G. and Taplin, G., “Corrosion behaviour of loaded reinforced concrete beams housed in an environmental chamber” Proc. Conf. Corrosion and Prevention ’02, Adelaide, Australia, Paper 12, 10pp, 2002. 12. Nairn, K.M., Birbilis, N. and Forsyth, M., “Corrosion current measurement in reinforced concrete using voltage pulses” Proc. Conf. Corrosion and Prevention ’02, Adelaide, Australia, Paper 57, 10pp, 2002. 11. Nairn, K.M., Birbilis, N. and Forsyth, M., “Corrosion current measurement in reinforced concrete using voltage pulses” Proc. 15th International Corrosion Congress, Granada, Spain, Paper 590, 10pp, 2002. 10. Birbilis, N, Nairn, K.M. and Forsyth, M., “Determination of the corrosion status of concrete reinforcement using galvanostatic pulses” Proc. Conf. Corrosion and Prevention ’02, Adelaide, Australia, Paper 21, 9pp, 2002. 9. Birbilis, N., Gerritsen, B. and Cherry, B.W., “Monitoring the corrosion and protection of concrete reinforcement using control curves” Proc. 15th International Corrosion Congress, Granada, Spain, Paper 85, 8pp, 2002. 8. Birbilis, N., Cherry, B.W., Gerritsen, B. and Forsyth, M., “Monitoring the corrosion of concrete reinforcement using control curves”. Proc. 9th Intl. Conf. on Durability of Building Materials and Components, Brisbane, Australia, Paper 257, 6pp, 2002 7. Birbilis, N., Cherry, B.W., Nairn, K.M., Forsyth, M., Monitoring the corrosion of concrete reinforcement using galvanostatic pulses, Proc. Conf. Corrosion and Prevention ’01. Newcastle, Australia, Paper 85, 2001. 6. Birbilis, N., Cherry, B.W., Nairn, K.M., Forsyth M., A consideration of the limitations of polarisation resistance as a method to determine corrosion status of concrete reinforcement. Engineering Materials-2001. IMEA, Melbourne. 2001. (Page 279). 5. Nairn, K.M., Phanasgaonkar, A., Birbilis, N., Blin, F., Forsyth, M., Corrosion monitoring using voltage pulses – Application to reinforced concrete in the presence of corrosion inhibitors. Engineering Materials-2001. IMEA, Melbourne. 2001. (Page 307) Other4. Birbilis, N., “Advances in the development of corrosion resistant magnesium alloys”, Proc. Research in Progress Symposium. CORROSION/ 2008, NACE, New Orleans, LA, 1pp, 2008. 3. Birbilis, N., Cavanaugh, M.K. and Buchheit, R.G., “Small Length-Scale Dissolution Phenomena in Al-Cu-X Alloys”, Proc. Symp. Critical Factors in Localized Corrosion 5, a Symposium in Honor of Hugh S. Isaacs, 210th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Cancun, MX, 2pp, 2006. 2. Birbilis, N., Buchheit, R.G., Harlow, D.G., Wei, R.P. and Wang, M.Z., “Predicting Corrosion and Corrosion Fatigue in AA7075-T6 Used in Airframes”, Proc. Research in Progress Symposium. CORROSION/ 2005, NACE, Houston, TX, 1pp, 2005. 1. Meyer, K., Birbilis, N., “Measurement of localised corrosion on the nano-scale”, Proc. Conf. Corrosion and Prevention ’07, Sydney, Australia, 2007. (Extended abstract and Poster).
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