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  • Thumbnail for Primer (paint)
    used on metal hydroxides/oxides to improve the surface condition and to encourage bonding. Without a primer, paint applied to metals are prone to peeling...
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    Automotive paint (redirect from Clear coat)
    paints to stick to the surface. Using a primer, a more varied range of paints can be used. The base coat is applied after the primer coat. This coat contains...
    14 KB (1,764 words) - 21:13, 26 June 2024
  • enamel, a thin layer of ceramic or glass applied to a substrate of metal, is used to protect surfaces from chemical attack and physical damage, modify...
    13 KB (1,801 words) - 07:38, 30 March 2024
  • According to EN 13523-0, a prepainted metal (or coil coated metal) is ametal on which a coating material (e.g. paint, film…) has been applied by coil...
    12 KB (1,545 words) - 15:24, 26 July 2023
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    Metal-coated crystals are artificial products made by coating crystals, such as quartz, with metal to give them an iridescent metallic sheen. Crystals...
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    Techniques for metallization started as early as mirror making. In 1835, Justus von Liebig discovered the process of coating a glass surface with metallic silver...
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    the 20th century and are of two types: metalled (hard-surfaced) and unmetalled roads. Metalled roadways are made to sustain vehicular load and so are usually...
    53 KB (6,211 words) - 11:56, 25 May 2024
  • properties: adhesion, resistance to corrosion or wear or scratches. Metallizing (also metalize) to coat, treat, or combine with a metal. Thermal spraying melted...
    993 bytes (172 words) - 06:55, 3 May 2023
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    Babbitt (alloy) (redirect from Babbit metal)
    Babbitt metal or bearing metal is any of several alloys used for the bearing surface in a plain bearing. The original Babbitt alloy was invented in 1839...
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    Metallic paint (redirect from Metal flake)
    small metal flakes included in the paint create a sparkling effect mimicking a metal surface. Metallic paints, or just metallics, generally consist of a base...
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    Sandpaper (redirect from Coated abrasive)
    rougher the sanded surface. A quick-change system is commonly used with disc-type coated abrasives. A plastic or metal hub is bonded to one of the faces...
    18 KB (2,306 words) - 20:11, 13 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Speculum metal
    materials such as metal-coated glass mirrors. Speculum metal mixtures usually contain two parts copper to one part tin along with a small amount of arsenic...
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  • a technique, passivation is the use of a light coat of a protective material, such as metal oxide, to create a shield against corrosion. Passivation of...
    26 KB (3,105 words) - 16:48, 2 July 2024
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    Thermal barrier coating (category Articles with short description)
    matching of thermal expansion coefficients with the metal surface that the TBC is coating. Phase stability is required to prevent significant volume changes (which...
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    Corrosion (redirect from Surface corrosion)
    known as a passive film, on the metal's surface that act as a barrier to further oxidation. The chemical composition and microstructure of a passive film...
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    Patina (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    /ˈpætɪnə/ PAT-ih-nə) is a thin layer that variously forms on the surface of copper, brass, bronze, and similar metals and metal alloys (tarnish produced...
    17 KB (1,741 words) - 07:51, 19 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Anodizing
    process used to increase the thickness of the natural oxide layer on the surface of metal parts. The process is called anodizing because the part to be treated...
    34 KB (4,392 words) - 03:48, 28 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chemical coloring of metals
    electroplating – coating the metal surface with another metal using electrolysis. patination – chemically reacting the metal surface to form a colored oxide or salt...
    18 KB (2,303 words) - 07:31, 19 June 2024
  • United Kingdom and United States. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock and acid rock, heavy metal bands developed a thick, monumental sound characterized...
    168 KB (18,859 words) - 18:42, 13 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Metal
    A metal (from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon) 'mine, quarry, metal') is a material that, when polished or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and...
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