Parkerizing
- Parkerizing is a method of protecting a steel surface from corrosion and increasing its resistance to wear through the application of an electrochemical phosphate conversion coating.
- Parkerizing is usually considered to be an improved zinc or manganese phosphating process, and not to be an improved iron phosphating process, although some use the term parkerizing as a generic term for applying phosphating ( or phosphatizing ) coatings that does include the iron phosphating progress.
- Parkerizing is commonly used on firearms as a more effective alternative to bluing, which is another electrochemical conversion coating that was developed earlier.
- It's also used extensively on automobiles to protect unfinished metal parts from corrosion.
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