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Passivation AMSQQP35 TYPE 2/ TYPE 8

I KNOW THAT IT'S A MILITARY PASSIVATION STANDARD, BUT WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS THE PROCESS TO ACHIEVE IT? AND HOW CAN I TEST IT?

Dustin Colina
electropolishing co. - Clearwater, Florida, U.S.A.
2005

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2005

Hi Dustin!

You can read up on passivation by checking out the FAQ here, and by going to the ASSIST website and getting a copy of QQ-P-35. The times, temperatures, and compositions of the Type 2 and the type 8 baths haven't changed in the iterations that the spec has taken, from QQ-P-35C [from DLA] to AMSQQP35 [canceled] to AMS2700. Yet the testing procedures have, so if you have signed up to do work per the specification you'd be real wise to buy a copy and read it. Both AMS versions are available from SAE.

Lee Gearhart
metallurgist - E. Aurora, New York