Talk:Galvanization

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This article is written in American English, and some terms used in it are different or absent from British English and other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

This page is rather confusing. It doesn't explicitly define galvanization.

I agree, no clear or definitive explanation. Does this article need a clean up tag?? -Hamdev Guru 20:42, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

is it necessary to link to the Chemical Brothers when, there is no article explicitly about the song Galvanize, surely if people work looking for the Chemical Brothers they wouldn't type that particular song. Would a disambig page be useful?? Hamdev Guru 20:45, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

This is not very definitive... -

This page definitely needs a cleanup and a disambig Maelnuneb 18:33, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

-I would like to suggest a spelling change of the main title, to the English: 'galvaniSation'. Tommason 11:50, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

everywhere I see it's actually spelled 'galvanizing'. Also, there is no mention of "cold galvanizing" here. Sumter sells something called Galvalox which is described as 'cold galvanizing'. I'm trying to determine exactly what it is and how it works. Would this be a good add to the page?-micah

[edit] Modern meaning: dipping in molten zinc

This section has some errors or misstatements. Zinc is not more corrosion-resistant than steel! Iron-base alloys are higher in the galvanic series (more noble or cathodic) than zinc (more active or anodic). ^[1] Zinc corrodes more easily than almost all other metals except magnesium, in most environments. The zinc layer does act as a protective barrier, but the sacrificial anode effect is what protects the edges, nicks and scratches on galvanized (the American spelling) steel. Properly done hot-dip galvanization forms three intermetallic Zn-Fe layers between the zinc shell and the steel substrate. Excess ZnO and Zn(OH)₂ are problematic on the outer 100% Zn layer and can be avoided by a chromate conversion coating immediately following the hot dip. ^[2] Some footnotes or Suggested Reading, such as the two books I have cited, would improve the article.His Manliness (talk) 19:13, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

^ M.G. Fontana & N.D. Greene, Corrosion Engineering, 2nd Ed., McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1978, p 29-34, ISBN 0-07-021461-1.
^ T.J. Langill, "Batch Process Hot Dip Galvanizing," ASM Handbook, Vol. 13A: Corrosion: Fundamentals, Testing, and Protection, ASM International, p 794-802, ISBN 0-87170-705-5.

[edit] History

The fourth point is unecessary, and in fact out of place. It does not reveal another step in the history of galvanization, but rather further expounds the third point. GBMorris 12:36, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Electrodeposition

The link to Electrodeposition leads to a disambiguation page... does anyone know to which article it should point, or is it both? --Explodicle 20:11, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Probably both. There doesn't appear to be much difference between the proccesses each article describes. --BigChicken 10:54, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Add a link to our website

The American Galvanizers Association's website www.galvanizeit.org has over 500 pages of technical information on hot-dip galvanizing. This page is fairly brief and others have mentioned it is not descriptive enough. I would suggest linking to our site for more information. As a non-profit trade association, our goal is to educate first, so the material is straight forward and informative, rather than fluff. 71.218.208.72 21:15, 19 July 2007 (UTC) Melissa Lindsley, Marketing Manager, American Galvanizers Association

[0] M.G. Fontana & N.D. Greene, Corrosion Engineering, 2nd Ed., McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1978, p 29-34, ISBN 0-07-021461-1.

[1] T.J. Langill, "Batch Process Hot Dip Galvanizing," ASM Handbook, Vol. 13A: Corrosion: Fundamentals, Testing, and Protection, ASM International, p 794-802, ISBN 0-87170-705-5.

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[edit] Modern meaning: dipping in molten zinc

[edit] History

[edit] Electrodeposition

[edit] Add a link to our website

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