noun
- the process of removing zinc coating or zinc deposits from a metal surface or object
Usage: technical; industrial
verb
- to remove zinc coating or zinc deposits from a metal surface
Usage: technical; industrial
Examples
- The factory uses dezincking to recycle old galvanized steel.
- Dezincking the corroded pipes revealed the underlying copper.
- The technician is dezincking the metal parts before recoating.
- Dezincking can be accomplished through chemical or mechanical methods.
- After dezincking, the surface was cleaned and prepared for painting.