The invention belongs to the technical field of aluminum
alloy materials, and particularly relates to a
colored aluminum anode oxide film and a preparation method thereof. Aluminum is sequentially subjected to electrochemical
polishing and
anodic oxidation to obtain an aluminum
anodic oxide film, then the aluminum
anodic oxide film is immersed in an azo precursor solution, and a red azo dye is synthesized in situ in pores of the
porous oxide film through an azo reaction between diazonium salt and
benzene sulfonate, so that coloring of the aluminum
oxide film is completed. By synthesizing
sulfonic acid modified alendronate and compounding the
sulfonic acid modified alendronate to form the electrochemical
polishing solution, the electrochemical
polishing quality of the surface of an aluminum sheet can be effectively improved. An
electrolyte additive with
phosphate groups, carboxyl groups and
alcohol amino groups at the same time is used for
anodic oxidation, a porous oxidation film with the appropriate pore size is formed, finally, an azo precursor of a specific structure is screened, loading fixation of azo dye on the
porous film is further improved by means of
sulfonic acid groups on azo molecules, and the stability of the
anode is improved. And the aluminum
oxide film with a good coloring effect is obtained.