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Alodine in vacuum

I am looking at Alodining aluminum parts and putting them in UHV chambers. Will baking the chamber be an issue and will outgassing be an issue?

Glenn Jones
- Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Alodine is a trademark name for a chromate conversion coating. It is a gel, which will lose water upon baking, and will probably outgas in a vacuum.

Tom Pullizzi
Falls Township, Pennsylvania

Up to about 17% of the coating weight is water. The higher the bakeout, the more of this water that will be lost. Chemistry of the coating changes at 300 deg C, so stay lower.

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