Optimization on Self-Ordering Process of Electropolishing Surface on High-Purity Aluminum

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The electropolishing behavior of high-purity aluminum in perchloric acid ethanol electrolytes is studied by the electrochemical methods. The morphologies of electropolished surface are examined by SEM. The results of anodic polarization shows that the limiting current density was decreased with the 1,2-propylene glycol and perchloric acid volume ratio increasing and the temperature decreasing. The results of SEM show that A salt film with porous pores on the electropolishing surface was formed on high-purity aluminum in the mixed solution of 1, 2 propylene glycol and perchloric acid at the volume ratio of 4:1 and 6:1, porosity of film increases from 12.3 % to18.4%, and the pore diameter of film increases from 19 nm to 23 nm with the current density increased from 120 mAcm-2 to 140 mAcm-2.

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