dipcoat

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noun

A coating that is applied by immersing an object in a liquid, often applied to prevent corrosion.

Scrabble 12

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noundipcoat (plural dipcoats)

plural dipcoats · alternative dip-coat · alternative dip coat

  1. A coating that is applied by immersing an object in a liquid, often applied to prevent corrosion.

    Recommended application is by spray, dipcoat, or roller.

    2009, NPCS Board of Consultants & Engineers, Handbook on Paints and Enamels, →ISBN, page 234
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    The dipcoat is sprayed with a coarse sand while it is still wet.

    1952, Rawson L. Wood, Investment Castings for Engineers, page 144

    From the practical point-of-view, the basis of the investigation was that one should apply the primary dipcoat to pattern-assemblies using two different dipcoat-viscosities, two pattern-washing techniques, and two methods of draining the...

    1969, The Foundry Trade Journal - Volume 126, page 519

    To assure adherence of the dipcoat to the wax, prewetting in a suitable agent to remove mold parting lubricant and microscopically roughen the wax surface may be necessary.

    1969, Industrial Arts & Vocational Education - Volume 58, page 37

    If one or more of the slurry components reacts with the silica binder, dipcoat gellation may occur.

    1990, LeRoy D. Hart, Esther Lense, Alumina chemicals: science and technology handbook, →ISBN, page 514
verbdipcoat (third-person singular simple present dipcoats, present participle dipcoating, simple past and past participle dipcoated)

present singular third person dipcoats · participle present dipcoating · participle past dipcoated · past dipcoated · alternative dip-coat · alternative dip coat

  1. alternativeAlternative form of dip-coat.

    Correlation between thickeness of membrane and withdrawing velocity in dipcoating fabrication process

    2005, James Duncan, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention MICCAI, →ISBN, page 931
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    Glass plates of (1x3) cm2 were dipcoated 15 times from the ZnS:Mn2+ suspension at a lift-rate of 0.5 mm/s while the suspension was slowly stirred.

    2002, M. Cahay, Advanced Luminescent Materials and Quantum Confinement II, →ISBN

    The easiest approach to incorporating drugs into electrospun fibers is to dipcoat the fibrous constructs (mats, tubes, etc.) into appropriate organic or inorganic solvents that contain the drug in question.

    2014, Abraham J. Domb, Wahid Khan, Focal Controlled Drug Delivery, →ISBN, page 418

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