Patent ID: 6045681
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: B41N,C25F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of surface-roughening an aluminum support, the method comprising the step of:electrolytically surface-roughening an aluminum support in an electrolyte solution, supplying an alternating current with an alternating waveform having a positive polarity period and a negative polarity period in one cycle, and comprising arriving at the largest current value from a zero current value in the positive polarity period of one cycle and then falling, followed by rising to a current maximum in one cycle, wherein the time t.sub.1, which is required to arrive at the largest current value, has the following relationships:1 millisecond<t.sub.1 .ltoreq.10 milliseconds, and1 millisecond<t.sub.1 .ltoreq.one third of the positive polarity period time.