Journal
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 288, Issue -, Pages 654-659Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.10.091
Keywords
Anodic aluminum oxide; Anodization; Porous alumina; Volume expansion factor; Phosphoric acid
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The growth of anodic alumina oxide was conducted in the mixed solution of phosphoric and oxalic acids. The influence of anodizing voltage, electrolyte temperature, and concentration of phosphoric and oxalic acids on the volume expansion of anodic aluminum oxide has been investigated. Either anodizing parameter is chosen to its full extent of range that allows the anodization process to be conducted without electric breakdown and to explore the highest possible volume expansion factor. The volume expansion factors were found to vary between 1.25 and 1.9 depending on the anodizing parameters. The variation is explained in connection with electric field, ion transport number, temperature effect, concentration, and activity of acids. The formation of anodic porous alumina at anodizing voltage 160 V in 1.1 M phosphoric acid mixed with 0.14 M oxalic acid at 2 degrees C showed the peak volume expansion factor of 1.9 and the corresponding moderate growth rate of 168 nm/min. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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