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Coating is a covering that is applied to an object. The aim of applying coatings is to improve surface properties of a bulk material usually referred to as a substrate. One can improve amongst others appearance, adhesion, wetability, corrosion resistance, wear resistance, scratch resistance, etc.. They may be applied as liquids, gases or solids.
Examples of coatings:
- Coating and printing processes
- Chemical vapor deposition and physical vapor deposition
- Conversion coating
- * Fusion bonded epoxy coating (FBE coating)
- Pickled and oiled (P&O), a type of plate steel coating.
- Plasma coatings
- Plating
- Polymer coatings, such as Teflon
- Sputtered or vacuum deposited materials
- Enamel (vitreous)
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