Polishing of Aluminum Alloy Using Photocatalyst and Cathilon Dye under Utraviolet Irradiation

Abstract:

A fundamental study on finishing aided by an ultraviolet ray (generally mashining:referred to as U-RAM^R) was conducted to evaluate its applicability to the polishing of aluminum alloy. Qualitative analysis with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was used to estimate the chemical reaction induced on Al surfaces that were immersed in some solutions. Inductively coupled plasma spectroscopy (ICPS) was employed to quantitatively analyze the amount of oxidized/dissolved Al, Mg and Fe. The following conclusions were obtained by investigation of the aluminum alloy polishing process. Aluminum does not dissolve in TiO₂-solution, whereas a small amount of Al dissolves into cathilon dye solution. Although only a small amount of Al dissolves in TiO₂-cathilon dye solution in the absence of UV irradiation, the amount of Al dissolved increases slightly under UV irradiation with the formation of oxide, nitrogen oxide and nitride on the Al surface. In addition, a small amount of an aluminum chloride dissolves into TiO₂-cathilon dye solution. An Al alloy (A5052) surface was made flat by polishing with TiO₂-cathilon dye slurry under UV irradiation.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 1136)
• Pages: 321-326
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1136.321
• Online since: January 2016
• Authors: Takeshi Tanaka
• Keywords: Aluminum Alloy, Electron, Excitation, Hole, Luminous Dye, Photocatalyst, Polishing, Quantum Chemistry, Ultraviolet Radiation

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