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Etching and Tone Creation Using Low-Voltage Anodic Electrolysis
- Leonardo
- The MIT Press
- Volume 26, Number 1, February 1993
- pp. 51-55
- Article
- Additional Information
Etching of and tone creation on metals can be carried out by an ecologically sound method that avoids the use of acids and rosin. The method uses direct-current anodic etching, at very low voltages, in a bath of an aqueous electrolyte whose cation corresponds to the metal to be etched.