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unusual facts about anodized



Alex Shagin

Ernst Thälmann, a German communist who died following his imprisonment by the Nazis from 1934 to 1944, issued in 1976; anodized aluminum, 65 millimeters.

Aprilia RSV 1000 R

The RSV 1000 R Factory comes with fully adjustable Öhlins Racing rear monoshock and adjustable Öhlins steering damper, blue anodized forged aluminium wheels, frame finished in black, and carbon fibre parts.

Aprilia Tuono

The Tuono 1000 R Factory comes with fully adjustable Öhlins Racing rear mono-shock and front forks, blue- or gold-anodized (depending on model year) forged aluminum wheels, a frame finished in gold, a paint job sporting the signature Aprilia Lion's head on the fuel tank and the extensive use of carbon fiber parts.

CPU shim

Aluminium shims are often anodized, which makes them non-conductive and improves their appearance (see case modding).

Petroleum jelly

It was recommended in the Porsche owner’s manual as a preservative for light alloy (alleny) anodized Fuchs wheels to protect them against corrosion from road salts and brake dust.

Stanley K. Cheng

Stanley K. Cheng is the CEO of Meyer Corporation and Director of Meyer Manufacturing Co. Ltd., he is considered an innovator of cookware design with his development of the Circulon and Anolon lines of cookware which married non-stick surfaces to hard-anodized aluminum with the patented "hi-low flavor release system" used with the Circulon line.

In the 1980s he converted his factory to the production of nonstick cookware and in 1984 unveiled Circulon, the first line of hard-anodized, nonstick cookware on the market.


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