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Sherardising or Zinc thermal diffusion is a process of galvanization of ferrous metal surfaces, also called vapour galvanising and dry galvanizing. The process is named after British metallurgist Sherard Osborn Cowper-Coles (son of naval inventor Cowper Phipps Coles) who invented and patented the method c. 1900.[1][2][3][4] This process involves heating the steel parts up to 500 °C in a closed rotating drum that contains metallic zinc dust and possibly an inert filler, such as sand.[5] At temperatures above 300 °C, zinc evaporates and diffuses into the steel substrate forming diffusion bonded Zn-Fe-phases.
Sherardising is ideal for small parts and parts that require coating of inner surfaces, such as batches of small items. Part size is limited by drum size. It is reported that pipes up to 6 m in length for the oil industry are sherardised.[citation needed] If the metal surface is free of scale or oxides, no pretreatment is needed. The process is hydrogen-free, hence hydrogen embrittlement is prevented.
Application
[edit]During and shortly after World War I, German 5 pfennig and 10 pfennig coins were sherardised.
Standards
[edit]- ISO 17668:2016 (replaced BS EN 13811:2003): Sherardizing. Zinc diffusion coatings on ferrous products. Specification
- ISO 14713-3:2017: Zinc coatings. Guidelines and recommendations for the protection against corrosion of iron and steel in structures. Part 3. Sherardizing
See also
[edit]References
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- ↑ US patent 701298, Sherard & Cowper-Coles, "Process of depositing metals on metallic surfaces and the product thereof", published 3 June 1902
- ↑ "Original Patent (Google patents)".
- ↑ Porter, Frank C. (1991). Zinc Handbook. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8247-8340-2.
- ↑ Eric J. Mittemeijer; Marcel A. J. Somers; F. Natrup; W. Graf (21 November 2014). "20 - Sherardizing: corrosion protection of steels by zinc diffusion coatings". Thermochemical Surface Engineering of Steels: Improving Materials Performance. Elsevier Science. pp. 737–. ISBN 978-0-85709-652-4.
- ↑ H. G. Arlt, "Finishes on the Metal Parts of Telephone Apparatus", Bell Laboratories Record, Volume 9(4), 175 (December 1932)