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galvanizing

Process for rendering iron rust-proof, by plunging it into molten zinc (the dipping method), or by electroplating it with zinc.

The word, derived from the name of the pioneer of electrical studies, Luigi Galvani, originally referred to electrodeposition with any metal.
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