This letter describes an experiment which demonstrates that negative ions in the oxygen discharge are the source of the oxygen incorporated in the anodic oxide. By use of time-varying electric fields, negative oxygen ions are eliminated from the anodizing current. Under this condition, film growth is not observed.
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O’Hanlon et al. (1971) studied this question.
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