Anodized

Basically, a sheet of aluminum is anodized, meaning a layer of oxide is added to its surface, and this creates a matrix of sorts, in which nanopores are placed at regular intervals from each other. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Currently it comes in 3 1/2 – inch only, with walnut stock, blued steel and a greenish anodized alloy receiver. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If your quad has anodized parts that are faded or a color that you no longer want to look at, you can strip the parts and make them silver. ❋ Cassandra (2009)

Modern -- but not space-age -- styling, and a receiver that is anodized to a distinctive gray-green color. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The fourth edition of the AIA Guide to New York City describes the building, completed in 1970, thusly: Limestone and bronze-anodized aluminum trying to look Modern. ❋ Dana Rubinstein (2011)

The upper end Dura-Ace version is anodized matte black to save a few grams, while the rest are painted. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As if preserving them in amber, Mr. Chen encased the original cast-iron arches of the L-shaped building in walls of glass framed in black anodized aluminum. ❋ Dana Rubinstein (2011)

Made with 100% cotton canvas anodized aluminum frame comfortable shoulder straps adjustable frame to fit individual user padded waist support handy storage pocket kickstand for easy loading ❋ Unknown (2008)

Colored anodizing is back, and the Gore cable guides available on the Orca, as well as on the Alma mountain bike on which Julien Absalon won Olympic and world championship gold, have little colored-anodized guides for the cables, which run with bare sheath only from the front cable stop to the rear derailleur (without a housing piece at the seat tube for a clean, direct line). ❋ Unknown (2010)

Inside a Tibor reel there are just three stainless steel ball bearings, housed in anodized aluminum bar stock. ❋ Monte Burke (2010)

On second glance, one sees that the exterior is less simple than it first appeared the walls are made of anodized aluminum panels canted two degrees back from a vertical position and lapped over each other with inner seams of steel buffed to a mirror finish. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Circulon hard anodized 10-piece cookware set, $99.88 J.C. Penney. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The walls are made of anodized aluminum panels canted two degrees back from a vertical position and lapped over each other with inner seams of steel, buffed to a mirror finish. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Mac Pro, iPhone, current imac, and cinema displays are al made out of anodized aluminum and lexan and generally have excellent build quality … recent (annoying) hardware issues notwithstanding … — david ❋ Unknown (2008)

And of course, the elegant seat binder that formed part of the elegant lines of the original Orca and set it aside from all other carbon frames of the time, has been tweaked, slotted, anodized to match the frame color, and lightened up. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He drills the red-anodized ferrules to keep cables moving freely. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Ryman says, enlarging the few spidery strokes of his signature into almost illegible pencil lines that dance top to bottom across a square of anodized aluminum. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The resulting building, in a muted Postmodernist style that has aged well, relies on local materials, including greystone, anodized aluminum, granite and blond Canadian maple. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Circulon hard anodized 10-piece cookware set, $99.88 J.C. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It also takes anodized gold components, though presumably it doesn't take bar tape: ❋ BikeSnobNYC (2010)

In the [electrolysis] of water, the [anode] produces [oxygen]. ❋ Chemguide (2019)

That poem [that Jack] wrote totally blew; he said it was an [ode] but was so anode it was [odious]. ❋ DruC4 (2009)

problem: Your computer is almost completely [broken]. [solution]: Get the [hard drive], everything else can be a sacrificial anode. ❋ Alyeda (2010)

he's from las anod ❋ Readyforthemoon55 (2020)

Oh [Henrietta], [fist] upon my [anode]!! ❋ Anakitskywalker (2020)

-Anod just got me an expensive coffee from [Dunkin]. — Yeah, she’s your best friend dumbass, [she’d] do [anything for you] ❋ (2021)