ASTM B680-80(2000)
(Test Method)Standard Test Method for Seal Quality of Anodic Coatings on Aluminum by Acid Dissolution
Standard Test Method for Seal Quality of Anodic Coatings on Aluminum by Acid Dissolution
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1.1 This test method covers a test for the quality of seal of porous anodic coatings on aluminum and its alloys. It is based upon the loss in mass of the coating after immersion in a warm phosphoric-chromic acid solution.
1.2 This test method is applicable to anodic coatings intended for exposure to the weather, or for protective purposes in corrosive media, and where resistance to staining is important.
1.3 This test method is not applicable to:
1.3.1 Hard coatings, which normally are not sealed.
1.3.2 Anodic coatings that have been sealed only in dichromate solutions.
1.3.3 Anodic coatings that have undergone a treatment to render them hydrophobic.
1.2 This standard may involve hazardous materials, operations, and equipment. This standard does not purport to address all of the safety problems associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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Designation: B 680 – 80 (Reapproved 2000)
Standard Test Method for
Seal Quality of Anodic Coatings on Aluminum by Acid
Dissolution
This standard is issued under the fixed designation B 680; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope coatings. Low coating mass loss is an indication of good seal
quality and of the ability of the coating to resist staining and
1.1 This test method covers a test for the quality of seal of
“blooming” in many types of service.
porous anodic coatings on aluminum and its alloys. It is based
3.2 This test method is suitable for quality control purposes
upon the loss in mass of the coating after immersion in a warm
within manufacturing operations and for determining whether
phosphoric-chromic acid solution.
anodized parts meet seal quality requirements in applicable
1.2 This test method is applicable to anodic coatings in-
specifications.
tended for exposure to the weather, or for protective purposes
in corrosive media, and where resistance to staining is impor-
4. Apparatus
tant.
4.1 Laboratory Balance, accurate to 1 mg.
1.3 This test method is not applicable to:
4.2 Glass Container, means of heating and stirring, and a
1.3.1 Hard coatings, which normally are not sealed.
thermometer. There shall be no metal in contact with the test
1.3.2 Anodic coatings that have been sealed only in dichro-
specimen or the solution.
mate solutions.
1.3.3 Anodic coatings that have undergone a treatment to
5. Acid Test Solution
render them hydrophobic.
5.1 The test solution shall have the following makeup:
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
Chromic acid anhydride (CrO)20 6 0.5 g
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
Orthophosphoric acid of 85 mass %, density 1.69 35 6 0.5 mL
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
Distilled or deionized water conforming with Type III 1000 mL
Reagent Water of Specification D 1193, to make
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
up to
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
NOTE 1—This solution is commonly referred to as a “stripping solu-
2. Referenced Documents
tion” for anodic coatings and is of the same composition as that employed
in Method B 137. This solution dissolves the anodic coating with no
2.1 ASTM Standards:
significant attack of the substrate metal.
B 137 Test Method for Measurement of Coating Mass Per
Unit Area on Anodically Coated Aluminum 5.2 The test solution may be used repeatedly but shall be
discarded after1gof anodic coating has been dissolved per
D 1193 Specification for Reagent Water
litre of solution.
2.2 International Standard:
ISO 3210 Anodizing of Aluminum and Its Alloys—
NOTE 2—The solution may be used for as many as 20 test specimens
Assessment of Sealing Quality by Measurement of the
per litre provided that the average mass loss does not exceed 50 mg per
Loss of Mass After Immersion in Phosphoric-Chromic
specimen.
Acid Solution
6. Preparation of Test Specimen
3. Significance and Use
6.1 Select an uncontaminated specimen having an area
3.1 This test method describes a destructive test procedure
about 1 dm of the anodized surface to be tested.
for measuring the degree of seal of the porosity in anodic oxide
6.2 The mass of the specimen shall not exceed 200 g.
6.3 When it is desired to conduct the test on one face only
of the specimen, the anodic coating on the other s
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