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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2017
Fokker Aerostructures B.v., LB Papendrecht, NL;
Johannes Marinus Maria De Kok, LN Bergen Op Zoom, NL;
Vincent Kornelis Johannes Van Den Heuvel, MK Rotterdam, NL;
Fokker Aerostructures B.V., LB Papendrecht, NL;
Abstract
A method of anodizing an article of aluminum or aluminum alloy for forming a porous anodic oxide coating comprises an immersion step of immersing the article to be anodized in an electrolyte in a tank, wherein the electrolyte comprises an aqueous solution of 5-50 g/l sulphuric acid and 2-50 g/l phosphoric acid, and arranging the article as an anode with respect to one or more counter electrodes as arranged cathodes in the electrolyte, and an anodizing step of applying a positive anode voltage Va to the article, while the temperature of the electrolyte is in the range of 33-60° C.