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Immersion zinc plating is an electroless (non-electrolytic) coating process that deposits a thin layer of zinc on a less electronegative metal, by immersion in a solution containing a zinc or zincate ions, Zn(OH) 2− 4. A typical use is plating aluminum with zinc prior to electrolytic or electroless nickel plating.
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Zinc sale prices were 80 cents per pound in July 2008, [109] which was typical of its 2004–2008 pricing levels. [109] By January 2009 it had bottomed out and was worth 45 cents per lb. [109] A spectacular bull market and increased Chinese interest in galvanised construction steel caused prices to top off at $1.20 per pound of metal by January ...
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 to coatings that are thicker than 0.001 in (0.025 mm). [ 1 ]
High zinc improves the bath's efficiency (plating speed), while lower levels improve the bath's ability to throw into low current densities. Typically, the Zn metal level varies between 20 and 50 g/L (2.7-6.7 oz/gal). The pH varies between 4.8 and 5.8 units. The following chart illustrates a typical all potassium chloride bath composition:
The contract prices are quoted in US dollars per ton. LME prices have minimum tick sizes of $0.50 per ton (or $12.50 for one contract) for open outcry trading in the LME Ring and electronic trading on LME-select, while minimum tick sizes are reduced for inter-office telephone trading to $0.01 per ton (or $0.50 for one contract).
Because electrolytically zinc-plated surfaces provide comparatively little corrosion protection, and in the case of galvanic zinc coatings on high-strength steel (e.g. category 10.9 and 12.9 high-strength bolts) there is a risk of hydrogen embrittlement, the industry needed a better corrosion protection system.
Zamak 3 is the de facto standard for the zamak series of zinc alloys; all other zinc alloys are compared to this. Zamak 3 has the base composition for the zamak alloys (96% zinc, 4% aluminum). It has excellent castability and long term dimensional stability. More than 70% of all North American zinc die castings are made from zamak 3. [2]