User Contributed Dictionary
Noun
coatings- Plural of coating
Extensive Definition
Coating is a covering that is applied to an
object. The aim of applying coatings is to improve surface
properties of a bulk material usually referred to as a
substrate. One can improve amongst others appearance, adhesion,
wetability, corrosion
resistance, wear resistance, scratch resistance, etc.. They may
be applied as liquids,
gases or solids.
Examples of coatings:
- Coating and printing processes
- Chemical vapor deposition and physical vapor deposition
- Conversion coating
- Pickled and oiled, a type of plate steel coating.
- Plasma coatings
- Plating
- Polymer coatings, such as Teflon
- Sputtered or vacuum deposited materials
- Enamel (vitreous)
coatings in German: Beschichten
coatings in French: Enrobage
coatings in Dutch: Coating