Process for electrolytic coloring of the anodic oxide film on aluminum or aluminum base alloys
AssigneeSumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
InventorsKiyomi Yanagida, Tadashi Hirokane, Tadashi Tsukiyasu, Tomoari Sato
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Abstract
In the process of coloring an anodized aluminum or aluminum alloy article by subjecting the anodized article to an electrolytic treatment with a direct current in an aqueous electrolytic coloring bath containing a water-soluble metallic salt, the oxide film on the article can be easily colored in a stable manner and in a uniform color, by subjecting the anodized article previously to an anodic direct current electrolysis in an aqueous solution containing the same metallic ion as in the coloring bath, and then to a cathodic direct current electrolysis for coloring the anodized oxide film on the article.
Claims13
In a process for electrolytically coloring an anodic oxide film on an aluminum or aluminum alloy article by (1) subjecting said article to anodic oxidation in an aqueous anodic oxidation bath consisting essentially of sulfuric acid or an aromatic sulfonic acid to form an anodic oxide film;
- and (2) subjecting said anodic oxidized article to cathodic electrolytic coloring using a direct current in an aqueous, electrolytic coloring bath containing a water-soluble metallic salt;
- the improvement which comprises subjecting said anodic oxidized article to anodic electrolysis using a direct current in an aqueous anodic electrolysis bath containing the same metal ion as in the coloring bath but having no ability to form an oxide film on said article, after step (1) above but prior to said electrolytic coloring step (2) above.
The process for electrolytically coloring an anodic oxide film on an aluminum or aluminum alloy article by (1) subjecting said article to anodic oxidation in an aqueous oxidation bath consisting essentially of sulfuric acid or an aromatic sulfonic acid to form an anodic oxide film;
- and (2) subjecting said anodic oxidized article to cathodic electrolytic coloring used a direct current in an aqueous electrolytic coloring bath containing a water-soluble metallic salt;
- the improvement which comprises subjecting said anodic oxidized article to anodic electrolysis using a direct current in an aqueous anodic electrolysis bath containing the same metallic ion as in the coloring bath but having no ability to form an oxide film on said article, after step (1) above but prior to said electrolytic coloring step (2) above, and repeating said anodic electrolysis and said cathodic electrolytic coloring alternately at least twice in the order recited.
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