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Interplay between parameter variation and oxide structure of a modified PAA process
Author(s) -
Schneider M.,
Kremmer K.,
Weidmann S. K.,
Fürbeth W.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
surface and interface analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1096-9918
pISSN - 0142-2421
DOI - 10.1002/sia.5248
Subject(s) - anodizing , dwell time , oxide , microstructure , materials science , robustness (evolution) , barrier layer , layer (electronics) , work (physics) , composite material , metallurgy , chemical engineering , chemistry , thermodynamics , physics , aluminium , engineering , medicine , clinical psychology , biochemistry , gene
In the present work, the robustness of an anodizing process was tested. Important anodizing parameters such as the anodizing potential, the dwell time at the anodizing potential, and the bath temperature were varied. The influence of the parameter variation on the microstructure of the oxide layers was investigated by SEM. It could be shown that the pore diameter as well as the layer thickness reacts very sensitively on the alternating parameters. The barrier layer thickness clearly depends on the anodizing voltage but is independent on the dwell time. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.