dipcoat

See also: dip-coat and dip coat

English

Alternative forms

• dip-coat
• dip coat

Etymology

dip +‎ coat

Noun

dipcoat (plural dipcoats)

1. A coating that is applied by immersing an object in a liquid, often applied to prevent corrosion.
   • 1952, Rawson L. Wood, Investment Castings for Engineers, page 144:

     The dipcoat is sprayed with a coarse sand while it is still wet.

   • 1969, The Foundry Trade Journal - Volume 126, page 519:

     From the practical point-of-view, the basis of the investigation was that one should apply the primary dipcoat to pattern-assemblies using two different dipcoat-viscosities, two pattern-washing techniques, and two methods of draining the...

   • 1969, Industrial Arts & Vocational Education - Volume 58, page 37:

     To assure adherence of the dipcoat to the wax, prewetting in a suitable agent to remove mold parting lubricant and microscopically roughen the wax surface may be necessary.

   • 1990, LeRoy D. Hart, Esther Lense, Alumina chemicals: science and technology handbook, →ISBN, page 514:

     If one or more of the slurry components reacts with the silica binder, dipcoat gellation may occur.

   • 2009, NPCS Board of Consultants & Engineers, Handbook on Paints and Enamels, →ISBN, page 234:

     Recommended application is by spray, dipcoat, or roller.

Verb

dipcoat (third-person singular simple present dipcoats, present participle dipcoating, simple past and past participle dipcoated)

1. Alternative form of dip-coat
   • 2002, M. Cahay, Advanced Luminescent Materials and Quantum Confinement II, →ISBN:

     Glass plates of (1x3) cm2 were dipcoated 15 times from the ZnS:Mn2+ suspension at a lift-rate of 0.5 mm/s while the suspension was slowly stirred.

   • 2005, James Duncan, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention MICCAI, →ISBN, page 931:

     Correlation between thickeness of membrane and withdrawing velocity in dipcoating fabrication process

   • 2014, Abraham J. Domb, Wahid Khan, Focal Controlled Drug Delivery, →ISBN, page 418:

     The easiest approach to incorporating drugs into electrospun fibers is to dipcoat the fibrous constructs (mats, tubes, etc.) into appropriate organic or inorganic solvents that contain the drug in question.

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