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Process Techniques for Engineering High-Performance Materials
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Process Techniques for Engineering High-Performance Materials

by Tim Oberle
June 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
493 pages
15h 30m
English
CRC Press
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283Development Trials on Large-Scale Equipment
In the 1920s, a molten zinc coating process was employed to protect steel
surfaces from corrosion. However, this technology was not perfect. Patches
of coating often aked off, causing rust spots. Tadeusz Sendzimir studied
this problem and concluded that zinc adhesion was inhibited by an invis-
ible layer of iron hydroxide on the surface. Sendzimir’s innovation was to
destroy the hydroxide contaminant with a reducing atmosphere containing
hydrogen gas. This process step left a bare surface to which the zinc coating
RULE #56 GARBAGE IN = GARBAGE OUT
The development engineer is expected to invest more ...
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