Interference-colored finishes for automotive aluminum alloys

Plating and Surface Finishing

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 28-31

  Kuo, Hong Hsiang ^a   Wang, Yar Ming ^a   Iglesia Rubianes, Loreto ^b   Lee, Hsai Yin ^a   Kia, Sheila F ^a  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b U MIST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ANODIC OXIDATION; AUTOMOBILE BODIES; COLORING; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANODIZED ALUMINUM ALLOYS; COLOR ANODIZING; INTERFERENCE COLORING;

METAL FINISHING;

EID: 11344276216     PISSN: 03603164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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