Schoop process

noun

ˈshōp-

: a process in which objects or surfaces are coated with zinc or other metal by spraying them with the molten metal shot from a nozzle by compressed air

Word History

Etymology

after Max Ulrich Schoop †1956 Swiss engineer

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