See 'Vacuum or Low Pressure Plasma Spraying.' M Magnetron sputtering: See Sputtering. In this PVD process, the sputtering action is enhanced by intense magnetic fields.

Chromate conversion is a process which completely degreases and removes all traces of the oxide film, replacing it by immersion (a rinse) with chromate coating which can then be painted. It is used as a post-treatment for cadmium, zinc and aluminium coatings

See Carburising

Loss of material from a surface by means of relative motion between it and another body. Third bodies i.e. grit X Y Z Zinc Plating: The electro-deposition of zinc or zinc alloys (eg Zn/Ni, Zn/Sn) to provide galvanic corrosion protection.

A process in which coating material is heated and accelerated from a spray torch towards the workpiece. The deposited material forms a coating on the surface.

A painted, dipped or sprayed chromium oxide based coating consolidated by repeated deposition and curing cycles (about 500oC).

A coating produced to present an insulating barrier to a heat source and to protect the substrate.

The application of a coating or cladding to a surface to impart a change in its surface behaviour. T Tensile strength: A measure of the resistance that a material offers to tensile stress. It is defined as the stress, expressed as the force per unit cross sectional area, required to break it.

The parent or base material to which the coating is applied.

The force per unit area on body that tends to cause it to deform. It is a measure of the internal forces in a body between particles of the material of which it consists as they resist separation, compression, or sliding.