The influence of the anodization temperature and voltage on the porosity of the anodization layer on aluminium

Abstract

The pore-filling method is a known process for measuring the porosity of porous anodic oxide layers on aluminium. This method has been used to study the relationship between the anodizing conditions and the porosity of the porous anodic film. In a series of experiments, the influence of the anodization voltage and temperature on the porosity, of an anodization layer formed in 15 wt.% sulphuric acid was investigated. From these results a mathematical equation was deduced that gives the porosity as a function of the anodization voltage and temperature. In the second part of the study the height of the voltage jump, on which the thickness of the barrier layer at the start of the re-anodization process depends, was investigated as a function of the anodization voltage. A linear relationship was found between the voltage jump and the anodization voltage.