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Electrochemical Micromachining and Microstructuring of Aluminum and Anodic Alumina

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At a time when natural recourses are getting scarce and the impact of human civilization on the environment is increasing, the cost and abundance of raw materials have to be considered in every industry. Since the discovery of the electrolytic production of aluminum in the late nineteenth century, Al has been employed for manufacturing a variety of products ranging from household appliances to airplanes. The electrometallurgical production of Al consumes a large amount of electrical energy and is associated with hazardous emissions. Nevertheless, Al remains widely used in industry due to its abundance on our planet, durability, and useful electrical, gravimetric, thermal, and mechanical properties.

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Dmitri A. Brevnov is thankful to Prof. Harry O. Finklea (West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA) and Prof. Plamen Atanassov (University of New Mexico (UNM), Albuquerque, NM, USA) for their mentoring. The financial support for Dr. Brevnov’s research at UNM was provided in part by Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, CA, USA), funded through Center for Micro-Engineered Materials (UNM). Peter Mardilovich thanks Dr. Alexander Govyadinov (Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, OR, USA) for helpful discussions on the history of development of multilevel alumina ceramics in the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus in 1970s–1980s.

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Brevnov, D.A., Mardilovich, P. (2010). Electrochemical Micromachining and Microstructuring of Aluminum and Anodic Alumina. In: Djokic, S. (eds) Electrodeposition. Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry, vol 48. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5589-0_5

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