MBE International - Anti-corrosion methods

There are a number of terms used to describe the application of zinc or aluminium to steel or iron substrates for the prevention of corrosion:

• TSA (Thermal Sprayed Aluminium)
• Hot zinc spray
• Metallizing or Metallising (often used to describe Combustion Wire Spraying as a whole)

Many specifications have been written over the years in relation to this process; some of these are listed below:

• BS EN ISO 14713:1999 Protection against corrosion of iron and steel in structures. Zinc and aluminium coatings. Guidelines
• BS EN ISO 2063:2005 Thermal spraying. Metallic and other inorganic coatings. Zinc, aluminium and their alloys
• BS EN 22063:1994 Metallic and other inorganic coatings. Thermal spraying. Zinc, aluminium and their alloys
• Highways Agency Series 1900 “Protection of steelwork against corrosion”
• NACE 12/AWS C2.23M/SSPC-CS 23.00 Specification for the “Application of Thermal Spray Coatings (Metallizing) of Aluminium, Zinc, and their alloys and composites for the corrosion protection of steel”
• AS/NZS 2312:2002 Guide to the protection of iron and steel against exterior atmospheric corrosion
• ANSI/AWS C2.18-93R Guide for the Protection of Steel with Thermal Sprayed Coatings of Aluminum and Zinc and their Alloys and Composites

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