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1. Title: The Surface Treatment and Finishing of Aluminum and its Alloys

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Illustrated are the 4th, 5th, and vol. 1 of 6th edition, which are available for review and on-site research at the Joseph Mazia Memorial Research Library housed at finishing.com in Brick, New Jersey.

A Review by Ted Mooney: The most exhaustive treatment of anodizing and other aluminum surface treatments that most of us know of. The "bible" of anodizing. The 661 pages of Vol. 1 cover the properties of aluminum & its oxide films and its corrosion & protection; mechanical prep, cleaning, bright dipping and electropolishing, etching, conversion coatings, and anodizing for decorative, protective, and architectural uses. Includes more than 300 references. The 612 pages of Vol. 2 address hard anodizing, dyeing, sealing, and the properties and testing of anodized aluminum, as well as four chapters on plating on aluminum, and extensive coverage of organic finishing and virtreous enamelling. (5th edition reviewed). To have your review of this title included on this page, please send e-mail to Ted Mooney.

ISBN	Edition	Pub. year	Authors	Publisher
0904477231	6th	2001	Sheasby & Pinner	Finishing Publications / ASM
0904477096	5th	1987	Wernick, Pinner, & Sheasby	Finishing Publications / ASM
0852180411	4th	1972	Wernick & Pinner	Robert Draper Ltd.