Abstract
The properties of the growth of the 6061-T6 aluminum alloy oxide were studied using sulfuric acid anodization. The parameters for the manufacturing process include electrolyte categories, electrolyte concentration, and operating voltages. The results showed that the aluminum oxides obtained by anodization process are mainly amorphous structure and the anodic current density is an important factor affecting the rate of response for oxygen and aluminum ions in barrier. In this experiment, polish process is very important to stable the anodic aluminum oxide film and then it will get the better properties of anodic film. Besides, when using sulfuric acid as the electrolyte, the increase of anodic voltage also increases the rate of reaction which increases the mechanical and electrical properties of anodic oxide film, but too large applied anodic voltage will reduce the mechanical and electrical properties of film because of the crack of the anodic oxide film.
Highlights
Aluminum is one of the most consumed metals and it is the third most abundant element in the earth’s crust ranking behind oxygen and silicon
The results indicated that the electrolyte temperature hardly influences the abrasion resistance of the resulting AAF
We studied the growth of the 6061T6 aluminum alloy oxide using sulfuric acid anodization
Summary
Aluminum is one of the most consumed metals and it is the third most abundant element in the earth’s crust ranking behind oxygen and silicon. By altering the fabrication parameters, (1) film thickness, (2) surface morphology, (3) hardness, and breakdown voltage for anodic aluminum alloy oxide (AAO) were investigated in this paper. Since the anodizing specimens without polishing process show unpredictable trend for the breakdown voltage, lowering the surface roughness can make both the alignment of anodic pores and the uniformity of anodic oxide film (Figure 1).
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