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A coating is a covering that is applied to an object to protect it or change its appearance. They may be applied as liquids, gases or solids.
Examples of coatings:
- Chemical vapor deposition and physical vapor deposition
- Conversion coating
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- Anodizing
- Chromate conversion coating
- Oxide (coating)
- Phosphate (coating)
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- Enamel (paint)
- Industrial coating
- Silicate mineral paint
- Fusion bonded epoxy coating (FBE coating)
- pickled and oiled, a type of plate steel coating.
- Plasma coatings
- Plating
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- Polymer coatings, such as Teflon
- Sputtered or vacuum deposited materials
- Enamel (vitreous)
[edit] See also
- List of coating techniques
- Thin-film deposition