ON THE NATURE OF THE MECHANICALLY POLISHED ALUMINUM SURFACE

Authors
DASILVA MF SHIMIZU K KOBAYASHI K SKELDON P THOMPSON GE WOOD GC
Citation
Mf. Dasilva et al., ON THE NATURE OF THE MECHANICALLY POLISHED ALUMINUM SURFACE, Corrosion science, 37(9), 1995, pp. 1511-1514
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Metallurgy & Metallurigical Engineering
Journal title
Corrosion science → ACNP
ISSN journal
0010938X
Volume
37
Issue
9
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1511 - 1514
Database
ISI
SICI code
0010-938X(1995)37:9<1511:OTNOTM>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The effect of mechanical polishing of aluminium, using a final polish with 0.5 mu m-Al2O3 in water, has been examined by transmission electr on microscopy. Whilst the polished surface is relatively flat, about 1 0% of the exposed surface contains embedded Al2O3 constituting a newly -introduced major surface inhomogeneity with implications in consequen t corrosion studies.