I'm not an anodize or Alodyne expert but I will offer a few notes:
1. You will get more hits when looking up Alodyne if you spell it correctly. See http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alodyne 2. Both processes are clear. Some sort of dye is added for coloring. Yellow is popular for Alodyne and black for anodize. 3. Anodize is an oxide forming process. Aluminum oxide (and most oxides) are insulators. 4. 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, PE [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.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 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 <http://127.0.0.1:6083/Panda?ID=pav_236500&SPAM=true> &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
