L-S Electro-Galvanizing Co., a local joint venture between LTV Corp. and Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. of Japan that furloughed most of its 100 employees following LTV's decision to suspend ...

Galvanized steel is simply steel that has been coated with zinc to improve its corrosion resistance. This coating protects the iron steel substrate from moisture, saturated conditions, and humidity.

Steel is a strong, versatile and relatively inexpensive material with a great many uses in many different industries. It has, however, one major disadvantage. It is prone to corrosion, even in ...

The source of the term “galvanizing” is not really related to protecting steel from corrosion. The term was derived from the name of Italian physiologist Luigi Galvani, who discovered the effects of ...

The process of immersing uncontaminated, oxide-free iron or steel into molten zinc to order to form a zinc coating is known as galvanizing. The zinc coating is metallurgically bonded to the iron or ...