hot-dip coating

[ hot-dip ]

noun
  1. the process of coating sheets of iron or steel with molten zinc.

Origin of hot-dip coating

1
First recorded in 1920–25
  • Also called hot galvanizing.

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How to use hot-dip coating in a sentence

  • Both pickling and hot galvanizing reduce the strength, distort and render brittle iron and steel wires of small sections.