Thursday, August 26, 2021

Anodizing (Or the beauty of corrosion)

Hey, Bill.

This video - as promised earlier this week - gets into the explanation of how anodizing creates the beautiful colors via interference rather than by actual light absorption. 

It turns out that titanium and aluminum don't necessarily get tinted the same. Aluminum is often anodized and dyed.

Who knew?

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