Key public standards for anodizing and its inspection. U.S. military specifications (MIL) are public documents, so the original PDF opens directly. ISO, ASTM, JIS and KS standards are copyrighted, so the links lead to the publisher’s page for each standard.
Standard No.TitleCategoryAccess
MIL-DTL-5541FChemical Conversion Coatings on Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys (Type I/II, Class 1A/3)MILChemical conversion coatingView full text
MIL-PRF-8625FAnodic Coatings for Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys (Type I/II/III, Class 1/2)MILGeneral and hardView full text
ISO 7599:2018Anodizing of aluminium and its alloys — Method for specifying decorative and protective anodic oxidation coatings on aluminium (AA thickness classes)ISOAnodizing (general)View at publisher
ISO 10074:2021Anodizing of aluminium and its alloys — Specification for hard anodic oxidation coatings on aluminium and its alloysISOHard anodizingView at publisher
JIS H 8601:2025Anodic oxide coatings on aluminium and aluminium alloys (based on ISO 7599)JISAnodizing (general)View at publisher
JIS H 8603:1999Hard anodic oxide coatings on aluminium and aluminium alloysJISHard anodizingView at publisher
KS D 8310Methods for measuring the thickness and coating mass of anodic oxide coatings on aluminum and aluminum alloysKSTesting: thicknessView full text
ASTM B244Standard Test Method for Measurement of Thickness of Anodic Coatings on Aluminum and of Other Nonconductive Coatings on Nonmagnetic Basis Metals with Eddy-Current InstrumentsASTM · AMSTesting: thicknessView at publisher
ASTM B487Standard Test Method for Measurement of Metal and Oxide Coating Thickness by Microscopical Examination of Cross SectionASTM · AMSTesting: thicknessView at publisher
ASTM B137Standard Test Method for Measurement of Coating Mass Per Unit Area on Anodically Coated AluminumASTM · AMSTesting: thicknessView at publisher
KS D 8315Test methods for sealing quality of anodic oxide coatings on aluminum and aluminum alloysKSTesting: sealingView full text
ISO 3210:2017Anodizing of aluminium and its alloys — Assessment of quality of sealed anodic oxidation coatings by measurement of the loss of mass after immersion in phosphoric acid/chromic acid solutionISOTesting: sealingView at publisher
ASTM B136Standard Test Method for Measurement of Stain Resistance of Anodic Coatings on AluminumASTM · AMSTesting: sealingView at publisher
ASTM B117Standard Practice for Operating Salt Spray (Fog) ApparatusASTM · AMSTesting: corrosionView at publisher
ISO 9227:2022Corrosion tests in artificial atmospheres — Salt spray testsISOTesting: corrosionView at publisher