Definition of Galvanized iron

1. Noun. Iron that is coated with zinc to protect it from rust.

Substance meronyms: Corrugated Iron
Generic synonyms: Atomic Number 26, Fe, Iron

Lexicographical Neighbors of Galvanized Iron

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galvanist
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galvanizations
galvanize
galvanized
galvanized iron (current term)
galvanizer
galvanizers
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galvanizingly
galvano-
galvanocaustic
galvanocauteries
galvanocautery
galvanocontractility
galvanofaradization
galvanoglyphy
galvanograph
galvanographic

Literary usage of Galvanized iron

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"galvanized iron is iron coated with zinc, the object being to protect its ... To test the quality of galvanized iron, make a double seam and mallet it down ..."

2. American Machinists' Handbook and Dictionary of Shop Terms: A Reference Book by Fred Herbert Colvin, Frank Arthur Stanley (1914)
"For galvanized iron, use muriatic acid, chloride of zinc solution or rosin, and be sure to see that the acid is neutralized if the work is to be painted. ..."

3. The Mining Magazine (1854)
"He afterwards made experiments, comparing the action of strong nitric, sulphuric, and muriatic acids, on lead and galvanized iron, and iron coated with the ..."

4. The Plough, the Loom, and the Anvil (1855)
"and galvanized iron, with their action on iron coated with an alloy of lead and tin, in which the quantity of lead was about equal to, or from two to seven ..."

5. The Corrosion and Preservation of Iron and Steel by Allerton Seward Cushman, Henry Alfred Gardner (1910)
"When the copper sulphate reaction is used in testing galvanized iron it is ... "A polished oblique section of ordinary hot-galvanized iron etched with ..."

6. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"To make the anchorage of the tile covering to the column more secure against the action of fire streams or falling debris during a fire, galvanized iron ..."

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