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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2011
Xiaomei Yu, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Mark R. Jaworowski, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Daniel V. Viens, Mansfield Center, CT (US);
Joseph J. Sangiovanni, West Suffield, CT (US);
Xiaomei Yu, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Mark R. Jaworowski, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Daniel V. Viens, Mansfield Center, CT (US);
Joseph J. Sangiovanni, West Suffield, CT (US);
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
Abstract
A method for electroplating aluminum metal on a magnesium alloy includes providing an Lewis acidic ionic liquid having dissolved species of an aluminum metal salt; pre-treating a surface of the magnesium alloy including subjecting the surface of the magnesium alloy to a reverse current etching in the ionic liquid; electroplating the aluminum metal on the surface using the ionic liquid as the electrolyte; and subjecting the surface of the magnesium alloy to a post-treatment including neutralization rinsing in a rinsing solvent solution.