Quan-xiu Yi, Ye-dong He, Ning Peng, Hong-zhou Song, Xiao-fei Yang, and Xiao-yu Cai, Effects of HNO3 concentration on the pit morphologies of aluminum foil etched in HNO3–HCl and HNO3–H2SO4–HCl solutions, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 23(2016), No. 1, pp. 70-76. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-016-1212-5
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Quan-xiu Yi, Ye-dong He, Ning Peng, Hong-zhou Song, Xiao-fei Yang, and Xiao-yu Cai, Effects of HNO3 concentration on the pit morphologies of aluminum foil etched in HNO3–HCl and HNO3–H2SO4–HCl solutions, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 23(2016), No. 1, pp. 70-76. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-016-1212-5
Quan-xiu Yi, Ye-dong He, Ning Peng, Hong-zhou Song, Xiao-fei Yang, and Xiao-yu Cai, Effects of HNO3 concentration on the pit morphologies of aluminum foil etched in HNO3–HCl and HNO3–H2SO4–HCl solutions, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 23(2016), No. 1, pp. 70-76. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-016-1212-5
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Quan-xiu Yi, Ye-dong He, Ning Peng, Hong-zhou Song, Xiao-fei Yang, and Xiao-yu Cai, Effects of HNO3 concentration on the pit morphologies of aluminum foil etched in HNO3–HCl and HNO3–H2SO4–HCl solutions, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 23(2016), No. 1, pp. 70-76. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-016-1212-5
Beijing Key Laboratory for Corrosion, Erosion and Surface Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
Institute of Technology Research and Development of Electronic Aluminum Foil, Guangxi Hezhou Guidong Electronics Technology Co. Ltd., Guangxi, 542800, China
In this work, the effects of HNO3 concentration on the pit morphologies of high-cubic-texture aluminum foil etched in HNO3–HCl and HNO3–H2SO4–HCl solutions were investigated. When the aluminum foil was etched in HNO3–HCl solutions, the morphologies of pits transformed from irregular tunnels to typical tunnels (as inverted pyramids) and shallow cuboids as the HNO3 concentration in the etchant solution was increased. However, as the HCl concentration in the etchant solution was increased, the morphologies of pits transformed from shallow cuboids to typical tunnels (as inverted pyramids) and irregular tunnels. When the aluminum foil was etched in n N HNO3–(7.2−n) N H2SO4–0.8 N HCl solutions, the morphologies of the pits transformed from typical tunnels (i.e., the number of sub-tunnels formed on the main tunnels increased) to irregular tunnels (corrugated tunnels and polyline tunnels) as the HNO3 concentration in the etchant solution was increased. These effects are attributed primarily to corrosion on the (100) and (010) faces of pits being accelerated and to the (001) faces being prone to passivation to different degrees when various concentrations of HNO3 are added to the etchant solutions.
Beijing Key Laboratory for Corrosion, Erosion and Surface Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
Institute of Technology Research and Development of Electronic Aluminum Foil, Guangxi Hezhou Guidong Electronics Technology Co. Ltd., Guangxi, 542800, China
In this work, the effects of HNO3 concentration on the pit morphologies of high-cubic-texture aluminum foil etched in HNO3–HCl and HNO3–H2SO4–HCl solutions were investigated. When the aluminum foil was etched in HNO3–HCl solutions, the morphologies of pits transformed from irregular tunnels to typical tunnels (as inverted pyramids) and shallow cuboids as the HNO3 concentration in the etchant solution was increased. However, as the HCl concentration in the etchant solution was increased, the morphologies of pits transformed from shallow cuboids to typical tunnels (as inverted pyramids) and irregular tunnels. When the aluminum foil was etched in n N HNO3–(7.2−n) N H2SO4–0.8 N HCl solutions, the morphologies of the pits transformed from typical tunnels (i.e., the number of sub-tunnels formed on the main tunnels increased) to irregular tunnels (corrugated tunnels and polyline tunnels) as the HNO3 concentration in the etchant solution was increased. These effects are attributed primarily to corrosion on the (100) and (010) faces of pits being accelerated and to the (001) faces being prone to passivation to different degrees when various concentrations of HNO3 are added to the etchant solutions.