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Anodizing Issues with Aluminum Castings

A recent correspondence from a customer inquired about difficulties that they were having with the hard anodizing of a cast product. The product was receiving a black hard coat anodized coating and[...]

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Electrolytic Coloring of Hard Anodized Aluminum Alloys

By Leonid Lerner 
INTRODUCTION

The electrolytic coloring (“two-step”) process was first in use in Europe and Asia during the 1960’s (Asada Process), and was introduced in the USA during the 1970’s by[...]

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MICRALOX Accelerated Corrosion Testing Update: (1) 336 Hours of Salt Spray Test per Mil-A-8625F

MICRALOX has been tested salt spray corrosion resistance per Mil-A-8625 F. Per Mil-A-8625F, test specimens, prepared using 3 by 10 inches panels having thickness of 0.063 inches, subjected to a 5[...]

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Tech Note: Hard Coat and Surface Roughness on 2024 Alloy

The Problem:

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MICRALOX® Accelerated Corrosion Testing Update: (2) Marine Accelerated Life Test (MALT) Experiments

BACKGROUND

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The Spectrum of Integral and Non-integral Colors in Different Hard Anodizing Processes

By Leonid M. Lerner, Sanford Process Corporation

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A Parametric Study of PTFE Coating Process in Anodized Aluminum

ABSTRACT

A study using an experimental design of dispersion coating with PTFE ambient cured process is presented. The effects of five major process parameters of the coating, i.e. polymer[...]

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Anodize sealing/RoHS

The formation of the anodized coating on aluminum is characterized by a series of closely packed hexagonal crystal columns with a more or less cylindrical pore in the center of each crystal. The[...]

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