Hot dip coating

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-013464",
  "term": "Hot dip coating",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Hot Dip Coating",
  "definition": "1. Using various processes to coat an iron or steel surface with zinc. In hot dipping, a base metal is coated by dipping it into a tank that contains a molten metal.\n\n2. Applying a metal coating (usually zinc) to the surface of a part by dipping the part in a molten metal bath. Wastewater is generated in this operation when residual metal coating solution is removed from the part in rinse water.",
  "subject": "Commercial processes",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 438 Appendix C (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/hot-dip-coating/"
}