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This handout is a detailed cost comparison of hot-dip galvanizing and paint. The handout features a side-by-side comparison of weather dependency, bond strength, service life, and much more. It also compares the initial cost and maintenance cost of hot-dip galvanizing with 4 paint systems.
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Created in 2010, this one-page handout is a comprehensive side-by-side comparison of general (batch) after-fabrication hot-dip galvanizing and prefabricated, continuous galvanized sheet.
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Based on its maintenance-free durability for 75 years or more in most environments, hot-dip galvanized (HDG) steel has a lower economic cost and environmental impact than paint. It uses a healthy, abundant, and recyclable metal, zinc, to provide...
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Based on its maintenance-free durability for 75 years or more in most environments, hot-dip galvanized (HDG) steel has a lower economic cost and environmental impact than paint. It uses a healthy, abundant, and recyclable metal, zinc, to provide...
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The integrity of concrete structures is largely based on the durability of the reinforcing steel. Corrosive elements penetrate the permeable concrete subjecting the rebar to corrosion. The corrosion products that form on steel have a greater volume...
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Created in 2013, this one-page handout is a comprehensive side-by-side comparison of general (batch) after-fabrication hot-dip galvanizing and mechanical plating.
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Developed in 2006, this one-page handout provides a side-by-side comparison of hot-dip galvanized steel and weathering steel. The analysis includes fatigue life, inspection, appearance, corrosion rate, and much more. In addition, the handout...
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Developed in 2008, this one page handout is a detailed comparison of hot-dip galvanizing and zinc spray metallizing. The publications features a side-by-side analysis of weather dependency, bond strength, service life, and much more.
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Developed in 2007, this handout is a detailed comparison of hot-dip galvanizing and zinc-rich paint. The handout features a side-by-side analysis of weather dependency, bond strength, service life, initial/maintenance costs, and much more.
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This report explores several fully hot-dip galvanized bridges in Ashtabula County, Ohio. (Steel Monthly, July 1991), 1 page
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