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style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Web&amp;quot;, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;Paragraph SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; paraeid=&quot;{baedd1fa-1605-46c2-9276-cb53975fc327}{106}&quot; paraid=&quot;263166935&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; data-contrast=&quot;auto&quot; lang=&quot;EN-US&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;NormalTextRun SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;&quot;&gt;Yip, that’s right. Other surface treatments like powder, paint or plating are more harmful to the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;NormalTextRun SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;&quot;&gt;#&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;NormalTextRun SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;&quot;&gt;environment than anodizing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; data-ccp-props=&quot;{&amp;quot;201341983&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;335559739&amp;quot;:160,&amp;quot;335559740&amp;quot;:259}&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;Paragraph SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; paraeid=&quot;{baedd1fa-1605-46c2-9276-cb53975fc327}{106}&quot; paraid=&quot;263166935&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; data-ccp-props=&quot;{&amp;quot;201341983&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;335559739&amp;quot;:160,&amp;quot;335559740&amp;quot;:259}&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Web&amp;quot;, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;Paragraph SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; paraeid=&quot;{baedd1fa-1605-46c2-9276-cb53975fc327}{116}&quot; paraid=&quot;1861841554&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; data-contrast=&quot;auto&quot; lang=&quot;EN-US&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;Why?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; data-ccp-props=&quot;{&amp;quot;201341983&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;335559739&amp;quot;:160,&amp;quot;335559740&amp;quot;:259}&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;Paragraph SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; paraeid=&quot;{baedd1fa-1605-46c2-9276-cb53975fc327}{116}&quot; paraid=&quot;1861841554&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; data-ccp-props=&quot;{&amp;quot;201341983&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;335559739&amp;quot;:160,&amp;quot;335559740&amp;quot;:259}&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Web&amp;quot;, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;Paragraph SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; paraeid=&quot;{baedd1fa-1605-46c2-9276-cb53975fc327}{122}&quot; paraid=&quot;1892361599&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; data-contrast=&quot;auto&quot; lang=&quot;EN-US&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;Because most surface treatments rely on organic solvents or heavy metals which reduces the recyclability of aluminum.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; data-ccp-props=&quot;{&amp;quot;201341983&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;335559739&amp;quot;:160,&amp;quot;335559740&amp;quot;:259}&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;Paragraph SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; paraeid=&quot;{baedd1fa-1605-46c2-9276-cb53975fc327}{122}&quot; paraid=&quot;1892361599&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; data-ccp-props=&quot;{&amp;quot;201341983&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;335559739&amp;quot;:160,&amp;quot;335559740&amp;quot;:259}&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Web&amp;quot;, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;Paragraph SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; paraeid=&quot;{baedd1fa-1605-46c2-9276-cb53975fc327}{128}&quot; paraid=&quot;263605775&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; data-contrast=&quot;auto&quot; lang=&quot;EN-US&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;Not so anodizing!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; data-ccp-props=&quot;{&amp;quot;201341983&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;335559739&amp;quot;:160,&amp;quot;335559740&amp;quot;:259}&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;Paragraph SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; paraeid=&quot;{baedd1fa-1605-46c2-9276-cb53975fc327}{128}&quot; paraid=&quot;263605775&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; data-ccp-props=&quot;{&amp;quot;201341983&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;335559739&amp;quot;:160,&amp;quot;335559740&amp;quot;:259}&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Web&amp;quot;, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;Paragraph SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; paraeid=&quot;{baedd1fa-1605-46c2-9276-cb53975fc327}{134}&quot; paraid=&quot;965428242&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;TextRun SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; data-contrast=&quot;auto&quot; lang=&quot;EN-US&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;&quot; xml:lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;NormalTextRun SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;&quot;&gt;In my latest blog post, I explain, why anodizing does not reduce the recyclability of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;NormalTextRun SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;&quot;&gt;aluminum AND four requirements you should discuss with your &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-image: var(--urlSpellingErrorV2, url(&amp;quot;data:image/svg+xml;base64,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&amp;quot;)); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;&quot;&gt;anodizer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;NormalTextRun SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;&quot;&gt; to make your anodized product as sustainable as possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; data-ccp-props=&quot;{&amp;quot;201341983&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;335559739&amp;quot;:160,&amp;quot;335559740&amp;quot;:259}&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;Paragraph SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; paraeid=&quot;{baedd1fa-1605-46c2-9276-cb53975fc327}{134}&quot; paraid=&quot;965428242&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;EOP SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; data-ccp-props=&quot;{&amp;quot;201341983&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;335559739&amp;quot;:160,&amp;quot;335559740&amp;quot;:259}&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;OutlineElement Ltr SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Web&amp;quot;, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;Paragraph SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; paraeid=&quot;{baedd1fa-1605-46c2-9276-cb53975fc327}{148}&quot; paraid=&quot;175841052&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Read the blog post: &lt;a href=&quot;https://aluconsult.com/sustainable-anodized-aluminum/&quot;&gt;https://aluconsult.com/sustainable-anodized-aluminum/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;Paragraph SCXW122858936 BCX0&quot; paraeid=&quot;{baedd1fa-1605-46c2-9276-cb53975fc327}{148}&quot; paraid=&quot;175841052&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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I will also do a live online course about creating sustainable anodized aluminum products in 2023 – you can sign up for the waiting list &lt;a href=&quot;https://aluconsult.com/live-course-recycled-aluminum/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://aluminumsurface.blogspot.com/2022/12/new-blog-post-4-requirements-for.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8292106877794247145.post-807217012128916027</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2022 14:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2022-11-02T15:12:20.519+01:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>&lt;span data-sheets-userformat=&quot;{&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;:33555261,&amp;quot;3&amp;quot;:{&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;:0},&amp;quot;5&amp;quot;:{&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;:[{&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;:2,&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;5&amp;quot;:{&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;:2,&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;:0}},{&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;3&amp;quot;:3},{&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;:1,&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;4&amp;quot;:1}]},&amp;quot;6&amp;quot;:{&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;:[{&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;:2,&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;5&amp;quot;:{&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;:2,&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;:0}},{&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;3&amp;quot;:3},{&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;:1,&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;4&amp;quot;:1}]},&amp;quot;7&amp;quot;:{&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;:[{&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;:2,&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;5&amp;quot;:{&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;:2,&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;:0}},{&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;3&amp;quot;:3},{&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;:1,&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;4&amp;quot;:1}]},&amp;quot;8&amp;quot;:{&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;:[{&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;:2,&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;5&amp;quot;:{&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;:2,&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;:0}},{&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;3&amp;quot;:3},{&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;:1,&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;4&amp;quot;:1}]},&amp;quot;11&amp;quot;:4,&amp;quot;12&amp;quot;:0,&amp;quot;28&amp;quot;:1}&quot; data-sheets-value=&quot;{&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;:2,&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;Let me talk about a topic close to my heart: #sustainability.\r\n\r\nThe aluminum industry has great potential for becoming more sustainable.\r\n\r\nAnd one of the major decision that companies can make is choosing more environmentally-friendly aluminum.\r\n\r\nIn this blog post, I explain what these more sustainable aluminum options look like, so you can make your production more sustainable!\r\n\r\nhttps://aluconsult.com/can-aluminum-be-sustainable/\r\n\r\n#aluminum #engineering\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;}&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;Let me talk about a topic close to my heart: sustainability.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The aluminum industry has great potential for becoming more sustainable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And one of the major decisions that companies can make is choosing more environmentally-friendly aluminum.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this blog post, I explain what these more sustainable aluminum options look like, so you can make your production more sustainable! 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I am going to do a live course about sustainable aluminum anodizing in 2023 - you can sign up here to get notified:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://aluconsult.com/waiting-list-live-course-recycled-aluminum/&quot;&gt;https://aluconsult.com/waiting-list-live-course-recycled-aluminum/&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://aluminumsurface.blogspot.com/2022/11/let-me-talk-about-topic-close-to-my.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8292106877794247145.post-3086113088944607584</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2022 12:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2022-10-19T14:39:51.874+02:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;Next week: South Africa!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit !important;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);&quot;&gt;I’m overjoyed that I’ll be speaking about&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;sustainability&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;anodizing&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;at the International Aluminum Conference and Exhibition organized by @AFSA - Aluminum Federation of South Africa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit !important;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit !important;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);&quot;&gt;The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (&lt;/span&gt;sdgs&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);&quot;&gt;) is a topic that has my increasing interest and passion.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit !important;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit !important;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);&quot;&gt;Aluminum has - in comparison to other materials like copper, steel and wood - an almost unreasonable high carbon footprint.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit !important;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit !important;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);&quot;&gt;But as I like to say: Not all aluminum is created equal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit !important;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit !important;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);&quot;&gt;There are plenty of things we can do - as anodizers, OEM’s, product managers, designers etc. - to make sure our aluminum parts are both more durable and friendlier to the environment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit !important;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit !important;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);&quot;&gt;If you’re at the conference - please let´s have a chat about&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;sustainable anodized aluminum.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;Here you can also see a video where I share what topics I will talk about at the conference: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/posts/annedeaconjuhl_sustainability-anodizing-sdgs-activity-6988109385788964864-HUUd?utm_source=share&amp;amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&quot;&gt;https://www.linkedin.com/posts/annedeaconjuhl_sustainability-anodizing-sdgs-activity-6988109385788964864-HUUd?utm_source=share&amp;amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://aluminumsurface.blogspot.com/2022/10/next-week-south-africa-im-overjoyed.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8292106877794247145.post-6959028793069725441</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2022 07:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2022-09-23T09:15:01.390+02:00</atom:updated><title>NEW BLOG POST: Stainless steel corrosion and how to prevent it.</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Corrosion is one of the worst things that can happen to aluminum.

Imagine a bridge, wind turbine, or skyscraper and the steel-aluminum connection starts to corrode...

We are talking here about safety issues and potential disasters! 👺

You absolutely want to avoid stainless steel corrosion.

In my latest blog post, I explain why stainless steel corrosion happens and how to prevent it.⛔️

&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://aluconsult.com/how-to-avoid-anodized-aluminum-stainless-steel-corrosion/&quot;&gt;https://aluconsult.com/how-to-avoid-anodized-aluminum-stainless-steel-corrosion/ &lt;/a&gt;

P.S. Stainless steel corrosion is actually a misnomer. Do you know what is the correct term?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://aluminumsurface.blogspot.com/2022/09/new-blog-post-stainless-steel-corrosion.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8292106877794247145.post-7498666147113258950</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2022 08:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2022-09-08T10:19:15.011+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Anodizing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Coloring</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Surface Treatment</category><title>New Blog Post: Beginner’s guide to coloring processes for anodized aluminum</title><description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5PemXcDbtDUx4hsJfLtZlgV2yAlxOSPEUuPO_5yZlxnajmACEVfrllVHOheJkaCbQV9ntiCU0-8JAQaAtVc99EK9MmWm8ZduzCLak3eDl3c7Idd4hs_AcDtIfOvn_TEJtrhWPPoYd9gSyiGsq7_bVV9rq4m6b0hoPVqNQbvCiYJVCzaWsh5JsCWVT/s1200/michael-dziedzic-r96iBo96Cgc-unsplash.png&quot; 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style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span color=&quot;rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)&quot; face=&quot;-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Fira Sans&amp;quot;, Ubuntu, Oxygen, &amp;quot;Oxygen Sans&amp;quot;, Cantarell, &amp;quot;Droid Sans&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Apple Color Emoji&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Emoji&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Emoji&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Symbol&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span color=&quot;rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)&quot; face=&quot;-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Fira Sans&amp;quot;, Ubuntu, Oxygen, &amp;quot;Oxygen Sans&amp;quot;, Cantarell, &amp;quot;Droid Sans&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Apple Color Emoji&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Emoji&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Emoji&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Symbol&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;Life is full of options - and anodizing coloring is full of options, too!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span color=&quot;rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)&quot; face=&quot;-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Fira Sans&amp;quot;, Ubuntu, Oxygen, &amp;quot;Oxygen Sans&amp;quot;, Cantarell, &amp;quot;Droid Sans&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Apple Color Emoji&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Emoji&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Emoji&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Symbol&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;There are 4 different coloring processes you can choose:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span color=&quot;rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)&quot; face=&quot;-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Fira Sans&amp;quot;, Ubuntu, Oxygen, &amp;quot;Oxygen Sans&amp;quot;, Cantarell, &amp;quot;Droid Sans&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Apple Color Emoji&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Emoji&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Emoji&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Symbol&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;1. Adsorption/Dying&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span color=&quot;rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)&quot; face=&quot;-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Fira Sans&amp;quot;, Ubuntu, Oxygen, &amp;quot;Oxygen Sans&amp;quot;, Cantarell, &amp;quot;Droid Sans&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Apple Color Emoji&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Emoji&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Emoji&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Symbol&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;2. Electrolytic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span color=&quot;rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)&quot; face=&quot;-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Fira Sans&amp;quot;, Ubuntu, Oxygen, &amp;quot;Oxygen Sans&amp;quot;, Cantarell, &amp;quot;Droid Sans&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Apple Color Emoji&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Emoji&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Emoji&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Symbol&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;3. Integral&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span color=&quot;rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)&quot; face=&quot;-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Fira Sans&amp;quot;, Ubuntu, Oxygen, &amp;quot;Oxygen Sans&amp;quot;, Cantarell, &amp;quot;Droid Sans&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Apple Color Emoji&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Emoji&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Emoji&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Symbol&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;4. Interference&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span color=&quot;rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)&quot; face=&quot;-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Fira Sans&amp;quot;, Ubuntu, Oxygen, &amp;quot;Oxygen Sans&amp;quot;, Cantarell, &amp;quot;Droid Sans&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Apple Color Emoji&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Emoji&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Emoji&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Symbol&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;But which is the right one for your anodized aluminum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span color=&quot;rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)&quot; face=&quot;-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Fira Sans&amp;quot;, Ubuntu, Oxygen, &amp;quot;Oxygen Sans&amp;quot;, Cantarell, &amp;quot;Droid Sans&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Apple Color Emoji&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Emoji&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Emoji&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Symbol&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;product?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span color=&quot;rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)&quot; face=&quot;-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Roboto, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Fira Sans&amp;quot;, Ubuntu, Oxygen, &amp;quot;Oxygen Sans&amp;quot;, Cantarell, &amp;quot;Droid Sans&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Apple Color Emoji&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Emoji&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Emoji&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Segoe UI Symbol&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;Find out in my latest blog post:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://aluconsult.com/beginners-guide-to-coloring-processes-for-anodized-aluminum/&quot;&gt;https://aluconsult.com/beginners-guide-to-coloring-processes-for-anodized-aluminum/&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://aluminumsurface.blogspot.com/2022/09/new-blog-post-beginners-guide-to.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5PemXcDbtDUx4hsJfLtZlgV2yAlxOSPEUuPO_5yZlxnajmACEVfrllVHOheJkaCbQV9ntiCU0-8JAQaAtVc99EK9MmWm8ZduzCLak3eDl3c7Idd4hs_AcDtIfOvn_TEJtrhWPPoYd9gSyiGsq7_bVV9rq4m6b0hoPVqNQbvCiYJVCzaWsh5JsCWVT/s72-c/michael-dziedzic-r96iBo96Cgc-unsplash.png" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8292106877794247145.post-7941732637163984013</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2022 17:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2022-08-11T19:59:48.617+02:00</atom:updated><title>New Blog Post: 3 common types of aluminum corrosion in buildings</title><description>&lt;span id=&quot;docs-internal-guid-445bd0ab-7fff-d1c9-acb4-0fd7c271f734&quot;&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; 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/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Oh no, our façade shows corrosion spots! 😱&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Imagine this: you have just finished the construction of a new building a few months ago but the window frames or the façade are corroding.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;If you are an architect or constructor, this scenario is probably your worst nightmare.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Let’s make sure that this nightmare never happens to you!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;In my latest blog post, I explain 3 common types of aluminum corrosion in buildings and how to avoid them. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Read the blog post &lt;a href=&quot;https://aluconsult.com/?p=2740&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://aluminumsurface.blogspot.com/2022/08/new-blog-post-3-common-types-of.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjehD5uvl0g5l5M5N-NN9ghdvf5L-cjZrHB1XPahJ6etmvWy_24SdgvfwFyV5AYB99p2TKMuR2kcfALjg-3fvwgMQzT8gHBvHb2e7nHex_SaOXxO0hmQnZlTmEJ8HnwDre9J6TnxDBbjyuyFxHlgsf99DNVzWGUQpzbw_OYZy22qnAfE3gkATo_lmOL/s72-c/crevice%20corrosion_1.JPG" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8292106877794247145.post-726336309470554359</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2022 14:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2022-02-17T15:22:57.825+01:00</atom:updated><title>5 Anodizing Defects That Happen in the Handling and Pretreatment Steps</title><description>&lt;div&gt;As you probably already know a lot of the failures which happens in your anodizing line originates from the handling or pretreatment steps.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;As told awhile ago we have moved our blog to AluConsult! Anodizing World will still be available, but new posts will be published on aluconsult.com.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To read the blog post &quot;&lt;b&gt;5 Anodizing Defects That Happen in the Handling and Pretreatment Steps&lt;/b&gt;&quot; please click&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.aluconsult.com/blog/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;If you haven´t enrolled yet for all the free knowledge about Anodizing @AnodizingSchool then you should.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Its absolutely free - the only thing you have to do is click&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.anodizingschool.com/pages/anodizers-lounge&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hope to see you at one of this years &lt;b&gt;free webinars&lt;/b&gt; about the sustainable anodizing of aluminum.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;__________________________________________________&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://aluminumsurface.blogspot.com/2022/02/5-anodizing-defects-that-happen-in.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Deacon Juhl)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8292106877794247145.post-384107811286333309</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2021 12:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2021-03-18T13:42:20.479+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Anodizing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Consulting</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Defects</category><title>8 things you should ask your anodizer about</title><description>&lt;!--wp:paragraph--&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In my 25 years as a consultant in the anodizing industry, I realized that about 70 % of my consulting clients were not anodizers but the people who had to “deal with” anodizers. Perhaps you have had also frustrating experience ordering anodized parts and not receive what you wanted?&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;You might think that your anodizer was just not good at their job. Or that anodizers will always try to keep their costs as low as possible and thereby sacrificing the quality of your aluminum product. But that does not do the problem justice. In my experience, the main reason for errors and frustrations is ineffective communication. Yip, just like in any relationship, the relation to your anodizer will improve tremendously by learning how to communicate better.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;8 important things to agree on with your anodizer&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;To make your next phone call with your&amp;nbsp;anodizer&amp;nbsp;much more successful, here is a checklist with all the aspects of the anodizing process you should talk about.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Agree on the properties and quality&amp;nbsp;of the anodizing results.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;
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&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Choose&amp;nbsp;the right alloy to achieve the properties you want.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;
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&lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify&amp;nbsp;the microstructure of your different aluminum parts as this will affect the surface look.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;
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&lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Agree on handling and racking of the aluminum parts as part of the preparation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;
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&lt;ol start=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Decide&amp;nbsp;together on the right pretreatments for the specific parts of your aluminum product.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;
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&lt;ol start=&quot;6&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Set&amp;nbsp;specifications&amp;nbsp;for the&amp;nbsp;anodizing&amp;nbsp;process as&amp;nbsp;these parameters&amp;nbsp;affect the properties.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;
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&lt;ol start=&quot;7&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Choose&amp;nbsp;the most environmentally friendly&amp;nbsp;sealing&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;
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&lt;ol start=&quot;8&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Agree on quality control tests that fit the properties of your anodized product.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;This checklist is a good start to improve the communication with your&amp;nbsp;anodizer&amp;nbsp;and to receive the correct anodized parts.&amp;nbsp;If you would like&amp;nbsp;step up your game even more and&amp;nbsp;become more confident in asking the right questions, join my&amp;nbsp;new&amp;nbsp;live online training:&amp;nbsp;“Working with your anodizing supplier.”&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The course&amp;nbsp;consists of four workshops, each treating an independent subject. You can also attend single workshop&amp;nbsp;days. This&amp;nbsp;interactive&amp;nbsp;live online event is held on Zoom in 4 x 2,5 hours sessions.&amp;nbsp;We&amp;nbsp;will record the presentation and make them available to you after the workshop. The dates of our next courses are:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;WORKSHOP SERIES IN &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.anodizingschool.com/bundles/how-to-work-with-your-anodizing-suppliers-bundle-April&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;APRIL&lt;/a&gt;:      7, 14, 21, and 28 April 2021 (03.00 - 5.30 PM CEST) &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WORKSHOP SERIES IN &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.anodizingschool.com/bundles/how-to-work-with-your-anodizing-suppliers-bundle-April&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;MAY&lt;/a&gt;:  5, 12, 19, and 26 May 2021 (03.00 - 5.30 PM CEST)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--/wp:table--&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Looking forward to seeing&amp;nbsp;you at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.anodizingschool.com&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer noopener&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;AnodizingSchool&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Sunny regards,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Anne Deacon Juhl&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;P.S. If you would like to learn some anodizing basics, have a look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.aluconsult.com/what-is-aluminum-anodizing/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer noopener&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;this blog post in which I give an easy to understand introduction.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;________________________________________________________________________________&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;!--/wp:paragraph--&gt;</description><link>http://aluminumsurface.blogspot.com/2021/03/8-things-you-should-ask-your-anodizer.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8292106877794247145.post-5067377440849902992</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2021 12:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2021-02-15T13:27:27.773+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Hard Anodizing</category><title>How to Define the Hardness of Hard Coat Anodizing</title><description>We are moving our blog! Anodizing World will still be available, but new posts will be published on aluconsult.com from now on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To read the blog post &quot;How to Define the Hardness of Hard Coat Anodizing&quot; please click &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.aluconsult.com/how-to-define-the-hardness-of-hard-coat-anodizing/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://aluminumsurface.blogspot.com/2021/02/how-to-define-hardness-of-hard-coat.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8292106877794247145.post-7488508970112497705</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 16:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2021-02-15T13:24:41.801+01:00</atom:updated><title>Anodizing Aluminum: What it is and Why I love it</title><description>&lt;p&gt;We are moving our blog! Anodizing World will still be available, but new posts will be published on aluconsult.com from now on.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To read the blog post &quot;Anodizing Aluminum: What it is and Why I love it&quot; please click &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.aluconsult.com/what-is-aluminum-anodizing/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://aluminumsurface.blogspot.com/2021/01/anodizing-aluminum-what-it-is-and-why-i.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Deacon Juhl)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8292106877794247145.post-4590323953337706154</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2021 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2021-01-04T06:26:25.189+01:00</atom:updated><title>Join the Free Webinar about Hard Anodizing</title><description>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Dear Anodizing World readers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;Happy New Year!&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;As you know, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.anodizingschool.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;AnodizingSchool&lt;/a&gt; was launched in 2020 as a new learning community for anodizers and end-users of aluminum anodized products.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;The aim is to create a one-stop online space, where you can get access to articles and webinars for free, but also buy specialized e-learning courses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;We currently offer the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.anodizingschool.com/courses/anodizing-masterclass&quot; style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Anodizing Masterclass&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;, and in 2021 we will publish new courses about Hard Anodizing, Pulse Anodizing and Anodizing for End-users.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;The first event will be a FREE webinar about Hard Anodizing!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;The webinar will be a guide to Hard Anodizing, also called Hard Coat including the following topics:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; 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temperature in the anodizing electrolyte leads to higher conductivity, which means lower voltage for same current and time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;So
your V&lt;sub&gt;high temp&lt;/sub&gt; is lower than your V&lt;sub&gt;low temp&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Then
Ohms law gives you&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; V = R x I&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;V&lt;sub&gt;high
temp&lt;/sub&gt; = R&lt;sub&gt;high temp&lt;/sub&gt; x I&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;V&lt;sub&gt;low
temp&lt;/sub&gt; = R&lt;sub&gt;low temp&lt;/sub&gt; x I&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;I =
same for the two temperatures&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The
total resistance of the electrical circuit consists of several resistances:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;High
temp:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-indent: 36pt;&quot;&gt;R&lt;sub&gt;high temp&lt;/sub&gt; = R&lt;sub&gt;elec, high temp&lt;/sub&gt; + R&lt;sub&gt;thickness,
high temp&lt;/sub&gt; + …..&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-indent: 36pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Low
temp:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-indent: 36pt;&quot;&gt;R&lt;sub&gt;low temp&lt;/sub&gt; = R&lt;sub&gt;elec, low temp&lt;/sub&gt; + R&lt;sub&gt;thickness,
high temp&lt;/sub&gt; + …..&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Lower temperature gives lower conductivity, so R&lt;sub&gt;elec,
low temp&lt;/sub&gt; ˃
R&lt;sub&gt;elec, high temp&lt;/sub&gt;
which is the reason for a higher V&lt;sub&gt;low temp&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Higher temperature of the electrolyte will lead to faster
chemical attack of the formed aluminum oxide changing the structure of the
formed oxide and the resistance R&lt;sub&gt;thickness, high temp&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;This will lead to an equilibrium thickness, where formation rate of oxide = dissolution
rate of oxide leading to a constant voltage.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Lower temperature of the electrolyte will lead to a higher V&lt;sub&gt;0, low temp&lt;/sub&gt;&amp;nbsp;than V&lt;sub&gt;0, high temp&amp;nbsp;&lt;/sub&gt;for same current I.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The coating weight of the oxide layer is higher when formed at lower temperature - more compact and by this R&lt;sub&gt;thickness,
low temp&lt;/sub&gt; will be higher than R&lt;sub&gt;thickness, high temp.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;This is the reason for a continues increase in V&lt;sub&gt;low temp&lt;/sub&gt;&amp;nbsp;during the process time but eventually you should see a steady
voltage here too.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;

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size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;The spangle effect on the aluminum EN AW 6063 alloy has been known for many years.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;There are still a lot of unanswered questions but more recently explanations have thrown light on some of the issues.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;The spangling effect on aluminum can be divided into three categories: grainy, galvanizing and sparkling.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;trebuchet&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;trebuchet&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;The type where the grains are visible by the naked eye after etching is called grainy.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Galvanizing is used when only few of the grains are shiny, and the sparkling is when the whole surface is shiny.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;The first picture shows a EN AW 6063 aluminum alloy directly from extrusion - not a very beautiful appearance and with a lot of die lines - looking closer you can maybe see some of the grainy structure already.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; 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style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;trebuchet&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;The next picture shows the surface after etching and anodizing. Here a very grainy structure is seen leaving to a very unattractive surface - especially if it should fit together with areas which are not having this surface appearance.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOrG2MjWExQYjgvY-YhGtAy92eJvUhyn-7DNVwrmI5xnUFEEsBY_WvfYK8dNXq2ZVKTkJFYu_WbeEpcFwn1NLZhnlDAGR0oQdMQyrolDVw4k1w77eyFRRaKVjFCQ2ivA4qOJuU9NU02nA/&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;968&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1292&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOrG2MjWExQYjgvY-YhGtAy92eJvUhyn-7DNVwrmI5xnUFEEsBY_WvfYK8dNXq2ZVKTkJFYu_WbeEpcFwn1NLZhnlDAGR0oQdMQyrolDVw4k1w77eyFRRaKVjFCQ2ivA4qOJuU9NU02nA/s320/ano-grov-011.JPG&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;trebuchet&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;If you as a designer want to create something special - this could be a very interesting surface appearance to work with.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;trebuchet&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;trebuchet&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;Well, back to the subject - why do we see this spangle effect on anodized aluminum.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;trebuchet&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;trebuchet&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;There are two reason to look for - the first one is the content of zinc (Zn) in the etching tank and the second is the content of Zn in the aluminum alloy.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;trebuchet&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;trebuchet&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;The grainy appearance is caused by the chemical composition, whereas the two more shiny appearance are due to the content of Zn in the solution and grain orientation.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;trebuchet&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;trebuchet&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;The orientation of the grains has an influence on how much they are etched in the alkaline solution. Zinc is more noble than aluminum so in the alkaline solution there will be a selective dissolution of aluminum. This will lead to a higher concentration of Zn in the grains with a certain orientation creating small galvanic elements from grain to grain.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;trebuchet&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;trebuchet&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;If at the same time there is zinc in the alkaline solution, even as little as 5 ppm can cause spangle under the right conditions.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;trebuchet&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;trebuchet&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;Addition of a small amount of sodium sulphide can be used to precipitate the zinc decreasing the spangling effect of the aluminum alloy.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;trebuchet&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;trebuchet&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;The EN AW 6063 itself should not contain more than 0.03% zinc.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;trebuchet&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h1 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;trebuchet&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;If you want to know a lot more about anodizing and defects&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h1 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Please sign up for more information regarding the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;first and only online anodizing course&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.anodizingschool.com/pages/coming_soon&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;Introduction to Anodizing&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; presented by the Anodizing School.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.anodizingschool.com/pages/coming_soon&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;trebuchet&quot; size=&quot;6&quot;&gt;Click here!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;trebuchet&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;trebuchet&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;If you find this article useful and you would like to know more, please contact me&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;trebuchet&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:blog@aluconsult.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;blog@anodizingworld.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt; __________________________________________________&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://aluminumsurface.blogspot.com/2020/05/spangle-on-etch-aluminum-en-aw-6063.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Deacon Juhl)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0CYdqZ5bg3lZCXNIyLPdJPYZVdnpq8tg1qDrYVBXhFI2xhtcP2AgJnOXFYmB5s7oFkpMs0g7Z-ltyiErZcFkW-2l7rsPWxZpIcSDtW0UOoWXQqB1B2XnAmdi9Bd7xRlBB_ksUnBDELYg/s72-c/ubeh-grov-021.JPG" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8292106877794247145.post-7890692004775625072</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2020 10:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-06-06T12:53:49.646+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Aluminum</category><title>How to remove a heavy, mixed oxide film on aluminum</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;trebuchet ms&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;trebuchet ms&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Working on the materials for the &lt;b&gt;first and only&lt;/b&gt; online course about anodizing - the &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.anodizingschool.com/pages/coming_soon&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Introduction to Anodizing&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;trebuchet ms&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;and thought I would like to share some information about how the natural formed oxide layer can be difficult to remove in our etching tank.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;trebuchet ms&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Aluminum reacts immediately in contact with air forming a very thin oxide film - normally not more than 1 - 3 nm in thickness.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;trebuchet ms&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;When aluminum alloys are heat treated this natural formed oxide layer thickness up to 10 times of the thickness of the air formed. The oxide layers formed at high temperature are more difficult to remove in the etching solution than the air formed ones.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;trebuchet ms&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;The reason for this is the alloying elements - these alloying elements create an oxide with uneven thickness, as you can see here in the drawing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;trebuchet ms&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;The major alloying element incorporated within the film is magnesium. Magnesium is the primary alloying element in the 5000 series - aluminum magnesium alloy and is the major alloying element together with silicon in the 6000 series aluminum magnesium silicon alloys.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;trebuchet ms&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;trebuchet ms&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;The mobility of magnesium atoms at temperatures above 340𝇈C are much higher than for aluminum atoms.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;trebuchet ms&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Magnesium atoms will diffuse from the bulk of the alloy through the surface and oxidize up to 5 - 10 times faster than the aluminum atoms.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;trebuchet ms&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Leaving 5000 and 6000 series aluminum alloy with a heavier and mixed oxide - containing aluminum oxide - the alumina and magnesium oxide - the magnesia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;trebuchet ms&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Because the magnesium oxide is significantly more resistant to alkaline etching than aluminum oxide a patchy appearance can be found after etching.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;trebuchet ms&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;The patchy appearance is due to dissolution of the aluminum oxide creating a surface with areas with a film of magnesium oxide and by this localized attack can roughens the surface.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;trebuchet ms&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;A deoxidizing before etching can be used to remove this film, or some of the new types of acid etch - another topic which is covered in an earlier blog post - &lt;a href=&quot;https://aluminumsurface.blogspot.com/2009/10/acid-etch-hot-topic.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Acid etch - the hot topic&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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</description><link>http://aluminumsurface.blogspot.com/2020/04/how-to-remove-heavy-mixed-oxide-film.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Deacon Juhl)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNe86Fmo3rUenNk-IWimdMYiDjIK18AmDGzJVEuh66kdq8-w8gZNmRyqGaFlKy7puMCMJrNMkEmM9kzSs8bv9-1fU8yt4PzapTDNhkWfCzCpRf4kaQ9N0_Cwl4d9zWlQA8NqyZrNXFeII/s72-c/%2523Natural+Oxide+Layer+-+Version+5+%2528Hvid+baggrund%2529+%2528002%2529.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8292106877794247145.post-4948250151096624374</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2020 08:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-03-24T09:25:10.666+01:00</atom:updated><title>Open for Early Registrations: The &quot;Introduction to Anodizing&quot; online course</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;trebuchet ms&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;trebuchet ms&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Anodizing is a very complex process, undertaken by highly specialized and experienced personnel. Sometimes however, problems occur out of nowhere and technical personnel working with anodizing may
not be able to solve the problem. Perhaps they are working from experience only, or they have never learned the actual reasons behind the many processes involved.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;trebuchet ms&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Often you stand as an anodizer and really don´t know what happens and why. Sometimes you have solved the problem, but then it comes back months later, or sometimes already after a week. Most of the times you work under pressure to solve the problem because anodizing is always the last step in supply chain.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;trebuchet ms&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;The five reasons for why it often goes wrong when anodizing aluminum!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;trebuchet ms&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;1. Lack of understanding the anodizing process steps besides experience&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;trebuchet ms&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;2. Lack of chemical and electrochemical knowledge&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;trebuchet ms&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;3. Lack of understading of the aluminum material&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;trebuchet ms&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;4. Failure in understading the importance of narrowing fluctuations in all process steps&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;trebuchet ms&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;5. Forget to acknowledge the rinse tanks as process tanks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;trebuchet ms&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Do you want to be better than &quot;Best Practice&quot;?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;trebuchet ms&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;If you find this article useful and you would like to know more please contact me &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:blog@aluconsult.com&quot;&gt;blog@aluconsult.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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</description><link>http://aluminumsurface.blogspot.com/2020/03/open-for-early-registrations.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Deacon Juhl)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8292106877794247145.post-8634104994870205219</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2019 07:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2019-07-31T09:49:11.721+02:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>One of my most read blog posts - the one about corrosion between anodized aluminum and steel is now reprinted in September Issue of Products Finishing Magazine - take a sneak peak at the online article &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pfonline.com/articles/fixing-corrosion-between-anodized-aluminum-and-steel&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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If you find this article useful and you would like to know more please contact me blog@aluconsult.com __________________________________________________</description><link>http://aluminumsurface.blogspot.com/2019/07/one-of-my-most-read-blog-posts-one.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Deacon Juhl)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8292106877794247145.post-5796975618658350228</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2019 16:43:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2019-04-12T18:43:14.813+02:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>On my way home from a great &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aluminium2000.com/index.php/en/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Aluminium2000 congress&lt;/a&gt; with a lot of good and inspiring presentations - also a lot of talks and discussion about secondary aluminium and how we can use more of the recycled aluminium and how we can obtain a quality anodised layer.&lt;br /&gt;
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If you find this article useful and you would like to know more please contact me blog@aluconsult.com __________________________________________________</description><link>http://aluminumsurface.blogspot.com/2019/04/on-my-way-home-from-great-aluminium2000.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Deacon Juhl)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8292106877794247145.post-7756094683670176780</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2019 07:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2019-03-17T08:47:58.884+01:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ember-view&quot; id=&quot;ember3947&quot; style=&quot;background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.75); line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Just invited by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.apple.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Apple&lt;/a&gt; to have a presentation about Pulse Anodizing at the Aluminum Anodizers Council´s Annual Anodizing Conference &amp;amp; Expo in Houston, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ember-view&quot; id=&quot;ember3955&quot; style=&quot;background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.75); line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.anodizing.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Aluminum Anodizers Council&lt;/a&gt;- if you can´t wait you then join me at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.blogger.com/goog_801882490&quot;&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aluminium2000.com/index.php/en/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Aluminium 2000 world congress&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class=&quot;ember-view&quot; id=&quot;ember3963&quot; style=&quot;background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.75); line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;where I will have a presentation &quot;Up-date on Pulse Anodizing&quot;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;hashtag-link ember-view&quot; data-control-name=&quot;update_hashtag&quot; href=&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=%23sustainabledevelopment&quot; 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__________________________________________________</description><link>http://aluminumsurface.blogspot.com/2019/03/just-invited-by-apple-to-have.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anne Deacon Juhl)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8292106877794247145.post-8048672702028137869</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2018 11:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-09-12T13:11:19.244+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Aluminum</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Anodizing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">industry news</category><title>Recycling as a hot topic at the Aluminium - World Trade Fair and Conference in Dusseldorf</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;
9 years ago I wrote the first post about &lt;a href=&quot;http://aluminumsurface.blogspot.com/2009/09/good-and-bad-about-recycled-aluminum.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The good and the bad about recycled aluminium&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;Since then recycled aluminium has become a hot topic and this year´s Aluminium - World Trade Fair in Dusseldorf - &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.aluminium-messe.com/en/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Aluminium 2018&lt;/a&gt; has dedicated a lot of energy into this subject.&lt;br /&gt;
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One of the articles in their news room is about recycled aluminium,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h2 style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #005577; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 40px; margin: 10px 0px 20px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; text-transform: uppercase;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.aluminium-messe.com/en/News-Room/Recycling-Challenges-for-aluminium-as-an-industrial-material/933/n188/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;RECYCLING: CHALLENGES FOR ALUMINIUM AS AN INDUSTRIAL MATERIAL&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
A short informative note about challenges, mentioning that there are no qualitative differences between aluminium alloys made from the primary and those made from recycled aluminium.&lt;br /&gt;
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Is this always true - not really, especially when looking at the result obtained when anodizing aluminium.&lt;br /&gt;
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Here you have to be aware of the following:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Heavy metals&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Metallurgical structure&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Traceability&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Repeatability/Consistency&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Consistent recycled stock&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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So it should not
be difficult to use more recycled aluminum for anodizing. It only requires a
minimum amount of adjustment to arrive at the present alloy composition, which
works well for anodizing. So this should not be the reason for not using
recycled aluminum when anodizing.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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From an
environmental viewpoint, anodizing is a very unique process. It does not
require the use of organic solvents, which may cause unwanted atmospheric
emissions and the amount of sludge can be diminished by using new processes as
the acid etch.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Finally anodized
extrusions and castings can be readily recycled without the need for special
emission control equipment, so no VOC or other hazardous chemicals are emitted
to the air.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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The figures show the differences in structure of type II Anodizing compare to type III Anodizing. The anodized layer is seen from the top and down into the porous hexagonal structure.&lt;br /&gt;
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The structure of the porous aluminium oxide layer is highly ordered as explained in an &lt;a href=&quot;https://aluminumsurface.blogspot.com/2010/10/hardness-versus-wear-resistance.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;earlier post&lt;/a&gt; with the great slide from a hard coat presentation by Mr. Leonid Lerner from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sanfordprocess.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Sanford Process Corp&lt;/a&gt;. at International Hard Anodizing Association symposium in Las Vegas.&lt;br /&gt;
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The slide show the two different directions of external stresses in the anodized oxide layer depending on if we test it or use it in normal applications.&lt;br /&gt;
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According to MIL-A-8625F shall type III coatings be a result of treating aluminium and aluminium alloy electrolytically in a sulfuric acid based electrolyte to produce a uniform, hard anodic coating, often called Hard Coat in US and Hard Anodized.&lt;br /&gt;
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This can be done by a low electrolyte temperature and a low concentration of the electrolyte in order to slow down chemical dissolution of the oxide layer. Production of very thick coatings will usually involve very high voltages and/or high current densities, which lead to high local temperatures therefore agitation of the electrolyte is most important.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;https://aluminumsurface.blogspot.com/2009/06/hard-anodizing-specifications-for.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;According to MIL-A-8625F&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;the hard-anodized coatings are characterized by their layer thickness and the coating weight of the formed layer. These types of coatings are named Type III coatings. Usually these coatings are used in the engineering industry for components such as pistons, cylinders and hydraulic gear, where a severe abrasive wear is found.&lt;br /&gt;
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Apart from the wear resistance of the oxide layer, the hard-anodized oxide layer has other properties. Properties such as low friction and non-stick are very important. These hard coatings are usually unsealed to maintain a high wear resistance, but can be impregnated with different materials such as waxes and silicone.&lt;br /&gt;
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If sealed in hot water the wear resistance will decrease with 20 - 50 % depending of the sealing process used.&lt;br /&gt;
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If the corrosion resistance is the most important property for the surface, a sealing will enhance this property. The sealing will normally be in hot water or dichromate, which increases the corrosion resistance remarkably.&lt;br /&gt;
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