What's inside
- ✓Zero-assumption fundamentals — anodizing GROWS an oxide (part is the ANODE), it doesn't deposit metal
- ✓BSAA: the chromium-free aerospace anodize that replaced chromic (Type I)
- ✓No hexavalent chromium — removes the Cr VI carcinogen hazard of chromic anodizing
- ✓Thin coating (~2–7 µm), excellent paint/primer base, fatigue-friendly
- ✓Boric + low-sulfuric electrolyte at low voltage; the seal choice that keeps it chrome-free
- ✓MIL-PRF-8625 Type IC; paint-adhesion, fatigue, and waste-handling advantages
- ✓Honest safety: greener, but still real acid / caustic / hydrogen / hot-seal hazards
- ✓20-question completion test, answer key, and certificate of completion
- ✓Available in English and Spanish (professional shop-floor Spanish)
- ✓Instant digital PDF download
Training Manual
Boric-Sulfuric Acid Anodizing (BSAA) — The Complete Training Manual
A 44-page, plain-language training manual for boric-sulfuric acid anodizing (BSAA) — the chromium-free aerospace anodize that replaced chromic-acid (Type I) anodizing. Written in a friendly, “for-dummies” style that assumes zero prior knowledge, it re-teaches the anodizing fundamentals (the part is the ANODE; you GROW an oxide out of the aluminum) and then makes BSAA specific: a boric + (low) sulfuric electrolyte run at low voltage builds a thin coating (~2–7 µm) that's an excellent paint/primer base and is friendly to fatigue-critical aluminum. The big story is safety: BSAA contains NO hexavalent chromium, so it removes the Cr VI carcinogen hazard of chromic anodizing — but it isn't hazard-free (acids, caustic etch, hydrogen, hot seal, DC), and the seal choice matters (a dichromate seal would reintroduce Cr VI; trivalent/non-chromate seals keep it chrome-free). Covers MIL-PRF-8625 Type IC, paint-adhesion and fatigue advantages, and waste handling. Ends with a 20-question completion test, answer key, and a printable certificate of completion.
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Pairs with the Boric-Sulfuric Anodizing (BSAA) poster series.
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