[Amps] Anodized aluminum

Ron Youvan ka4inm at tampabay.rr.com
Mon Oct 17 11:52:25 PDT 2011


Robert VK3ZL Briggs wrote:

> Hi all...I have just acquired a quantity of 2mm anodized aluminum sheet,,
> I am wondering if I remove the anodizing from all contact surfaces if I
> can use this stock for RF deck cases...

   Plain "aluminum sheeting" oxidizes before it gets out of the machine and is coated with aluminum 
oxide in seconds and rather well insulated, I see no practical difference other than the greater 
hardness of the anodized surface.
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