ELECTROCHEMICAL ROUGHING OF SURFACES OF ALUMINUM OR ALUMINUM ALLOYS.

摘要

Aluminum or its alloys are electrochemically grained by using alternate current and an aqueous electrolyte comprising specific amounts of hydrochloric acid and an oxy-acid and/or a dicarboxylic acid, preferably lactic acid and/or succinic acid, respectively. Aluminum (or an alloy thereof) thus grained, can be coated with a photosensitive layer whereby forming a printing plate. Before coating it with the photosensitive layer, the plate can also be anodized by techniques well known to those skilled in the art.