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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Zdenek Maly, Kreuzlingen, CH;
Assignee:
Swiss Aluminium Ltd., Chippis, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204 15 ; 204 28 ; 204 58 ;
Abstract
Prior to coating with lacquer or adhesive, or laminating with plastic, strips or foils of aluminum or aluminum alloys are pretreated in an electrolyte by electrochemical oxidation using alternating current. These strips or foils are passed through an aqueous electrolyte which is heated to 25.degree.-95.degree. C. and has a pH adjusted to 4.2-12.5. The electrolyte is silicate-free and contains 0.01-10 weight percent of an organic compound which forms a complex with aluminum. A current of 10-500 coulomb/dm.sup.2 is supplied to the workface of the strips or foils.