Preparation of Metallographic Samples with Anodic Layers

Abstract:

Anodization is an electrochemical process that converts the metal surface into a decorative, durable, corrosion-resistant, anodic oxide coatings. The thickness of the resulting layer depends on the process parameters (voltage, current, type of electrolyte, concentration and temperature of the electrolyte). In this work, the preparation of zinc metallographic samples with anodic layer is described. Samples prepared by anodic oxidation on the zinc substrate are rather brittle and porous. During the mounting, cutting, grinding and polishing the layer can be deformed which can affect the layer thickness measurements. The problem is to determine the boundary between anodic layer and resin. The cross-sectional micrographs were observed by scanning electron microscopy with the aim to improve anodic layers thickness measurements by means of digital image analysis.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 891)
• Pages: 106-110
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.891.106
• Online since: March 2017
• Authors: Michaela Remešová*, Lenka Klakurková, Miroslava Horynová, Ladislav Čelko, Jozef Kaiser
• Keywords: Anodizing, Image Analysis, Metallography, Zinc, Zinc Oxide

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