Coatings

material made by fusing powdered glass to a substrate by firing

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thumb|upright=1.2|Lacquerware|Lacquer dish with Chinese character for longevity, mid 16th century thumb|Maki-e [[sake bottle with Tokugawa clan's mon (emblem), Japan, Edo period]] thumb|Lacquer plate, Nam Định province, Vietnam, Nguyễn dynasty

right|thumb|These carabiners have an anodized aluminium surface that has been dyed; they are made in many colors.

process used to make thin films for semiconductors or surface coating

process that partially protects steel

thumb|Lacquer being sprayed onto a cabinet A coating is a covering that is applied to the surface of an object, or substrate. The purpose of applying the coating may be decorative, functional, or both. Coatings may be applied as liquids, gases or solids e.g. powder coatings.

a compound for coating metals

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term in physics

thumb|250px|A commercial AJA Orion sputtering system at Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility thumb|Ion thruster operating on iodine (yellow) using a xenon (blue) hollow cathode. High-energy ions emitted from Spacecraft electric propulsion|plasma thrusters sputter material off the surrounding test chamber, causing problems for ground testing of high-power thrusters. In physics, sputtering is a phenomenon in which microscopic particles of a solid material are ejected from its surface, after the material is itself bombarded by energetic particles of a plasma or gas. It occurs natural

right|thumb|Tin layer on the inside of a tin can Tinning is the process of thinly coating sheets of wrought iron or steel with tin, and the resulting product is known as tinplate. The term is also widely used for the different process of coating a metal with solder before soldering.

thumb|A worker Pickling (metal)|pickling tin in a tin factory in South Wales during World War I thumb|A worker removes tin plates from an annealing stand in a South Wales factory during World War I Tinplate consists of sheets of steel coated with a thin layer of tin to impede rusting. Before the advent of cheap mild steel, the backing metal (known as "") was wrought iron. While once more widely used, the primary use of tinplate now is the manufacture of tin cans.

materials processing technology

technique of protection of steel surfaces against corrosion

thumb|Three different brands of kalsomine

process of coating iron or steel with molten zinc

An alkyd is a polyester resin modified by the addition of fatty acids and other components. Alkyds are derived from polyols and organic acids including dicarboxylic acids or carboxylic acid anhydride and triglyceride oils. The term alkyd is a modification of the original name "alcid", reflecting the fact that they are derived from alcohol and organic acids. The inclusion of a fatty acid confers a tendency to form flexible coatings. Alkyds are used in paints, varnishes and in moulds for casting. They are the dominant resin or binder in most commercial oil-based coatings. Approximately 200,000 t

chemical compound

thumb|Barel plating method(Japan) Plating is a finishing process in which a metal is deposited on a surface. Plating has been done for hundreds of years; it is also critical for modern technology. Plating is used to decorate objects, for corrosion inhibition, to improve solderability, to harden, to improve wearability, to reduce friction, to improve paint adhesion, to alter conductivity, to improve IR reflectivity, for radiation shielding, and for other purposes. Jewelry typically uses plating to give a silver or gold finish.

paint coats with mineral binding agents

process of coating an object with a thin adherent layer of gold

term used in materials science to describe the base material on which processing is conducted

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300px|thumb|Radiation hardened Die (integrated circuit)|die of the 1886VE10 [[microcontroller prior to metalization etching]] thumb|Radiation hardened Die (integrated circuit)|die of the 1886VE10 [[microcontroller after a metalization etching process has been used]] thumb|Gold-plated phone belonging to the dictator Fulgencio Batista|Batista at the Revolution Museum in Havana

chemical treatment of metals to prevent their corrosion

class of amorphous carbon material

paint that air dries to a hard, usually glossy, finish, used for coating surfaces that are outdoors or otherwise subject to hard wear or variations in temperature

coating for metals

type of physical vapor deposition technique

[[File:Dip coating.svg|thumb|A schematic of the continuous dip coating process.

type of metal coating

glass which has been decorated with vitreous enamel

thumb|A Dulux store in Richmond Hill, Ontario thumb|A Dulux store in Hong Kong

tablet coating to delay release of the medication until after the tablet leaves the stomach

type of useful chemical solution

corrosion test method

style of lacquering after Martin brothers

coating deposition method

lacquer applied to fabric-covered aircraft

A surface coating hardened by UV light

ISO 2409:2003

Rugosity, fr, is a measure of small-scale variations of amplitude in the height of a surface,

process of attaching nanoparticles to solid surfaces

chemical compound

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