Anodizing BeAl

Dear Sir,

May I know how to anodize beryllium aluminium alloy ? The beryllium content = 65%. Please include pretreatment and anodizing process parameters and post treatment.

Thank you,

Chan Cheong
MTPL - Singapore

Al-Be has a dual phase microstructure which makes it very difficult to anodize uniformly. One option is to electroplate the Al-Be part with a pure Al coating. And then, anodize the coating (it anodizes like 1100 Al).

Gus Vallejo
AlumiPlate, Inc. - Minneapolis, MN, USA

You can contact company in England. They have proprietary plasma anodising process which can anodise AlBe alloy.

CC Chaw
- Hong Kong

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