True, spelling is important, but I got about 5 times more hits Googling for 'alodine' than 'alodyne'.
I seem to remember our mechanical engineers also using the phrase 'chromate conversion' for a conductive coating. Google gave me a lot of hits on that term, including many pages comparing anodize & chromate conversion. I also saw a reference to a U.S. military standard describing it - MIL-DTL-5541. Here's a link: <http://assist.daps.dla.mil/quicksearch/basic_profile.cfm?ident_number=5499> If that link doesn't work, go to <http://assist.daps.dla.mil/quicksearch/>, and search for Document Number '5541'. Pat Lawler EMC Engineer SL Power Electronics Corp. Fred Townsend <[email protected]> wrote on 01/14/2008 03:30:35 PM: > I'm not an anodize or Alodyne expert but I will offer a few notes: > > You will get more hits when looking up Alodyne if you spell it > correctly. See http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alodyne > Both processes are clear. Some sort of dye is added for coloring. > Yellow is popular for Alodyne and black for anodize. > Anodize is an oxide forming process. Aluminum oxide (and most > oxides) are insulators. > Alodyne is a different process, i.e. not a type of Anodize and is conductive. > > Fred Townsend > DC to Light Inc. > > Tarver, Peter wrote: > > From: Curt McNamara > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 2:33 PM > > In my experience almost all anodize is non- > conductive. The only conductive one that I recall is black zinc. > > > I don't know if the process to which you refer is the form of > anodizing I've come across called 'Alodine' (also black), but I've > seen Alodine used in earthing paths with several mating interfaces > with success. > > Regards, > > Peter L. Tarver, [email protected] CONFIDENTIALITY > This e-mail message and any attachments thereto, is intended only > for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally > privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the > intended recipient of this e-mail message, you are hereby notified > that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail > message, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If > you have received this e-mail message in error, please immediately > notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copies > of this email and any prints thereof. > ABSENT AN EXPRESS STATEMENT TO THE CONTRARY HEREINABOVE, THIS E-MAIL > IS NOT INTENDED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR A WRITING. Notwithstanding the > Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the applicability of any > other law of similar substance and effect, absent an express > statement to the contrary hereinabove, this e-mail message its > contents, and any attachments hereto are not intended to represent > an offer or acceptance to enter into a contract and are not > otherwise intended to bind the sender, Sanmina-SCI Corporation (or > any of its subsidiaries), or any other person or entity. > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society > emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/To > post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] > Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.htmlList rules: > http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.htmlFor help, send mail to the > list administrators: > > Scott Douglas [email protected] > Mike Cantwell [email protected] policy questions, > send mail to: > > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > David Heald: [email protected] emc-pstc > postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > > http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc > ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- > Text inserted by Platinum 2007: > > This message has NOT been classified as spam. If it is unsolicited > mail (spam), click on the following link to reclassify it: http: > //127.0.0.1:6083/Panda?ID=pav_236500&SPAM=true > ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- > > - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
