Hot dip galvanized coatings for steel fabrications ‐ an outstanding track record

Abstract

In 1742, the French chemist Melouin presented a paper to the French Royal Academy in which he described how a zinc coating could be applied to iron by dipping it into molten zinc. The first patents covering the ‘galvanizing’ process were taken out in France and England during the 1830's; the name being taken from that of the Italian physiologist Luigi Galvani who observed that electric current could be generated when dissimilar metals are brought into contact.

Citation

(1989), "Hot dip galvanized coatings for steel fabrications ‐ an outstanding track record", Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Vol. 36 No. 9, pp. 4-8. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb020793