no, its not anodizing, its the opposite of anodizing. its a flexible gummy coat of chromate. Its called chromate conversion coating, its meant to protect stuff without anodizing, to increase conductivity, to make paint work better, to allow stuff to work unpainted (its thin, for lightness in air) and its meant to coat stuff that needs to flex where anodizing reduces the strain life of it (when stuff shakes in an airplane if you anodize the wrong things it can like shake less and break sooner).
Its a little nasty to work with but so long you use gloves you are OK, the only problem is some people like spraying it, which can mist, but you can also 'baste' the part with a sponge or just dip it.
There is a few different kinds, 1200 is not the best one for conductivity, but its the only one you can get in small quantities easily, otherwise I think someone would need to drain some off a drum for you, not sure.. was hoping to find a vendor for the other ones. Its conductivity and durability is related to thickness.
The only downside it has is that it has a maximum temperature, if you reach it, it starts to flake off. And supposedly its self healing, so it re-flows into the places it was scratched from, in some cases, from microscratches.
When I come across some fubar aluminum part that needed alot of work, i.e. in stuff I buy, I give it a alodine coating sometimes, instead of self etching primer (I noticed,.. this stuff does not etch all that well)