The ideal temporary implant should offer enough mechanical support to allow healing of the fracture and then biodegrade and be resorbed by metabolic mechanisms without causing any toxic effect. The aim of this research has been to simultaneously study in situ bone healing and the biodegradation of AZ31 Mg alloy as an osteosynthesis material. The in vivo study was carried out in AZ31 implants with and without Mg-fluoride coating inserted in un-fractured and fractured femurs of Wistar rats for long experimentation time, from 1 to 13 months, by means of computed tomography, histological and histomorphometric analysis. Tomography analysis showed the bone healing and biodegradation of AZ31 implants. The fracture is healed in 100% of the animals, and AZ31 maintains its mechanical integrity throughout the healing process. Biodegradation was monitored, quantifying the evolution of gas over time by 3D composition of tomography images. In all the studied groups, gas pockets disappear with time as a result of the diffusion process through soft tissues. Histomorphometric studies reveal that after 13 months the 46.32% of AZ31 alloy has been resorbed. The resorption of the coated and uncoated AZ31 implants inserted in fractured femurs after 1, 9 and 13 months does not have statistically significant differences. There is a balance between the biodegradation of AZ31 and bone healing which allows the use of AZ31 to be proposed as an osteosynthesis material.

Corrosion remains a critical concern in various industries, particularly in applications involving aluminum alloys due to their widespread usage as light structural materials. This work provides a comprehensive overview of the recent advances in modeling techniques for better understanding the corrosion behavior of aluminum alloys. The present study encompasses the state‐of‐the‐art of computational approaches, highlighting their strengths and limitations. Special attention is given to transport models, galvanic couples, localized corrosion, and the incorporation of different factors, such as pH variations, electrolyte thicknesses and dynamic electrolytes into corrosion models. Furthermore, the review delves into both bulk and atmospheric corrosion models. On the other hand, this work also emphasizes a clear differentiation between models designed for bare aluminum alloys and those tailored for coated ones. Additionally, it addresses certain challenges associated with the experimental validation of such models. This review concludes with perspectives on both sophisticated transport models to bridge the gap between industrial and academic investigations, as well as the integration of machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques in corrosion modeling, offering promising directions for future research in this field.

A creative low-cost and compact mechanical device that mimics the rapid closure of the pistol shrimp claw was used to conduct electrochemical experiments, in order to study the effects of hydrodynamic cavitation on the corrosion of aluminum and steel samples. Current–time curves show significant changes associated with local variations in dissolved O₂ concentration, cavitation-induced erosion, and changes in the nature of the surface corrosion products.