Surface Treatment

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-027379",
  "term": "Surface Treatment",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Chemical or electrochemical treatment applied to the surface of a metal. Such treatments include pickling, etching, conversion coating, phosphating, and chromating. Surface treatment baths are usually followed by a water rinse. The rinse may consist of single or multiple stage rinsing. For the purposes of this part, a surface treatment operation is defined as a bath followed by a rinse, regardless of the number of stages. Each surface treatment bath, rinse combination is entitled to discharge allowance.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 471.02 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/surface-treatment/"
}