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TIN-PLATING [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foundry Practice
  • Metal-Coating
DEF

[The process of] coating metal with a very thin layer of molten solder or brazing filler metal.

OBS

tinning; tin-plating: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • tinplating

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fonderie
  • Métallisation
DEF

Opération consistant à recouvrir un métal oxydable (acier, cuivre, bronze, laiton) par une couche d'étain qui la protège contre la corrosion.

OBS

Le revêtement peut être appliqué à chaud (par immersion dans un bain d'étain [...] ou par électrolyse (dépôt électrolytique dans une solution de sels d'étain).

OBS

étamage : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fundición
  • Metalización
DEF

Proceso para recubrir acero, hierro u otro metal con una capa de estaño, bien sumergiéndolo en el metal fundido, bien por electrodeposición, o por inmersión en soluciones que depositan estaño por acción química de sus componentes.

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