In the fabrication of joined materials between anodized aluminum alloy and polymer, the performance of the metalpolymer joining is greatly influenced by the chemical properties of the oxide film. In a previous study, the dependence of physical joining strength on the thickness, structure, pore formation, and surface roughness of films formed on aluminum alloys is investigated. In this study, we investigated the effect of silane coupling treatment on the joining strength and sealing performance between aluminum alloy and polymer. After a two-step anodization process with additional treatment by silane, the oxide film with chemically modified nanostructure is strongly bonded to the polymer through physical and chemical reactions. More specifically, after the two-step anodization with silane treatment, the oxide film has a three-dimensional (3D) nanostructure and the silane components are present in combination with hydroxyl groups up to a depth of 150 nm. Accordingly, the joining strength between the polymer and aluminum alloy increases from 29 to 35 MPa, and the helium leak performance increases from 10−2-10−4 to 10−8-10−9 Pa m3 s−1.

In this study, in order to increase surface ability of hardness and corrosion of magnesium alloy, anodizingand sealing with nano-diamond powder was conducted. A porous oxide layer on the magnesium alloy was successfullymade at 85℃ through anodizing. It was found to be significantly more difficult to make a porous oxide layer in themagnesium alloy compared to an aluminum alloy. The oxide layer made below 73℃ by anodizing had no porous layer.The electrolyte used in this study is DOW 17 solution. The surface morphology of the magnesium oxide layer wasinvestigated by a scanning electron microscope. The pores made by anodizing were sealed by water and aqueous nano-diamond powder respectively. The hardness and corrosion resistance of the magnesium alloy was increased by the anod-izing and sealing treatment with nano-diamond powder.

In this study, an aluminum oxide layer for sealing treatment of nano-diamond powder was synthesized byanodizing under constant current. The produced pore size and oxide thickness were investigated using scanning electronmicroscopy. The pore size increased as the treatment time increased, current density increased, sulfuric acid concentra-tion decreased, which is different from the results under constant voltage, due to a dissolution of the oxide layers. Theoxide layer thickness by the anodizing increased as temperature, time, and current density increased. The results of thisstudy can be applied to optimize the sealing treatment process of nano-diamond particles of 4-10 nm to enhance theresistances of corrosion and wear of the matrix.

In this study, review anti-corrosion performance of the metal spraying sealing agents in according to molecular weight. It was evaluated according to KS D 9502 CASS test for determine anti-corrosion performance of sealing agents. Results showed, the molecular weight range of 20,000∼30,000 molecular sealing treatment manufactured through the control material exhibited the best performance.