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Galvanising Galvanising is a process that coats the surface of the steel with a layer of zinc, to lessen the rate of corrosion. In clean air, zinc corrodes 15–20 times more slowly than steel. It also has the useful property of corroding preferentially to steel in localized areas, so at cut ends or scratches where...