Anodizing aluminium, the process of electrolytic build up of the metal’s the oxide layer in the presence of dyes to create colored effects, is such a well-established process that we probably all have ...

The lustrous patina that protects the backside of Apple’s new iPad Mini isn’t just some cheap shellac or sealant coat—it’s actually “grown” on the metal itself in an electrochemical process known as ...

Anodizing is an electrochemical process some jewelers use to change the color of metals such as titanium, aluminum, and niobium. Dipping a reactive metal into a "bath" mixture of low-sudsing detergent ...

You can give your forks and other aluminum parts an outrageous look by anodizing the parts.Photography by Dean Groover An electroplating process, anodizing bonds aluminum oxide to aluminum parts.

Aluminum has trace amounts of other alloys and elements, such as (zinc, magnesium, and silicon) present in the alloy. These other elements do not respond the same as the aluminum does during anodizing ...

The beautiful anodized aluminum finish on many Apple products keeps them from corrosion, provides a hard and (mostly) scratch resistant surface, and even — in the case of the iPod nano and shuffle — a ...

We have employed anodic aluminum oxide as a template to prepare ultrathin, transparent and conducting Al films with a unique nanomesh structure for transparent conductive electrodes. The anodic ...

I developed a simple crystal growth process to obtain a single Ga crystal. The crystal orientation of a Ga plate could be controlled by a crystal growth process using a seed Ga crystal. By anodizing a ...

There are all kinds of services out there that will paint your iPhone into a crazy colored mess, most notably Colorware. But what about taking it to the next level? When each iPhone is made and ...

Anodizing is widely used for protecting aluminum via an oxidic protection layer against corrosion. The bath where the anodizing is carried out contains mainly sulfuric acid, aluminum-sulfate and water ...