<![CDATA[The surface engineering process involving electrochemical methods is the anodization process. Anodization is an electrochemical process that produces anodic oxide on the surface that can change the surface proper-ties. In the anodization process, burned anodizing and surface cracking during the anodizing process hurt the surface quality. This study tries to see the formation of an aluminum oxide layer that causes burned an-odizing and surface cracking by adjusting the voltage and concentration of the solution. This study uses aluminum foil as a sample and graphite as an electrode. Anodization is carried out by providing a voltage range of 8 to 16 volts at two H2SO4 solution 2M and 3M concentrations. Observations of surface character-istics include micro and macro surface structures, surface roughness, and surface morphology. Calculations of the burned area are also carried out for each treatment. The test results show that the percentage of burned area increases with increasing voltage and concentration. The smallest burned area percentage was obtained with a value of 4% for samples at a voltage of 8 Volts and a solution concentration of 2M. In con-trast, the maximum value was obtained, reaching 95% of the area burned on the surface for samples of 16 Volts at a concentration of 3 M. However, a tendency was obtained to decrease surface roughness with in-creasing anodization voltage in both the non-burned and burned areas. From the test results using SEM, it was also found that surface cracks occurred in addition to being burned on the surface]]>
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