passivation coating
11Bluing (steel) — Bluing is a passivation process in which steel is partially protected against rust, and is named after the blue black appearance of the resulting protective finish. True gun bluing is an electrochemical conversion coating resulting from an… …
12Anodizing — Anodizing, or anodising, is an electrolytic passivation process used to increase the thickness of the natural oxide layer on the surface of metal parts. Anodizing increases corrosion resistance and wear resistance, and provides better adhesion… …
13integrated circuit — Electronics. a circuit of transistors, resistors, and capacitors constructed on a single semiconductor wafer or chip, in which the components are interconnected to perform a given function. Abbr.: IC Also called microcircuit. [1955 60] * * * ▪… …
14Electrochemistry — is a branch of chemistry that studies chemical reactions which take place in a solution at the interface of an electron conductor (a metal or a semiconductor) and an ionic conductor (the electrolyte), and which involve electron transfer between… …
15Aluminium oxide — Alumina redirects here. For the company, see Alumina Limited. This article is about aluminium(III) oxide Al2O3. For other uses, see Aluminium oxide (disambiguation). Aluminium oxide …
16Solar cell — A solar cell made from a monocrystalline silicon wafer …
17Surface finishing — is a broad range of industrial processes that alter the surface of a manufactured item to achieve a certain property.[1] Finishing processes may be employed to: improve appearance, adhesion or wettability, solderability, corrosion resistance,… …
18Reinforced concrete — is concrete in which reinforcement bars ( rebars ), reinforcement grids, plates or fibers have been incorporated to strengthen the concrete in tension. It was invented by French gardener Joseph Monier in 1849 and patented in 1867.[1] The term… …
19Mechanical plating — Mechanical plating, also known as peen plating, mechanical deposition, or impact plating, is a plating process that imparts the coating by cold welding fine metal particles to a workpiece. Mechanical galvanization is the same process, but applies …
20Zircaloy — Zircaloy, also incorrectly called zircalloy, is a group of high zirconium alloys. One of the main uses of zircaloys is in nuclear technology, as zirconium has very low absorption cross section of thermal neutrons and therefore it is frequently… …
