Passivation

Pickling and Passivation are different forms of chemical metal finishing that provide protection on the surface of the metals. The process of doing pickling and passivation on a metal is not much of a difference. They both remove imperfections and rust on the surface of the metal. It is the intensity of the treatments that… Read more »

Passivation is a process designed to remove foreign matter from the surface of stainless steel parts. To passivate these parts, a metal finisher will place them in baskets and submerge them in diluted nitric acid or citric acid solution, giving the parts a clean surface finish and improved corrosion resistance.   Click here to submit… Read more »

  Stainless steel is so ubiquitous that we hardly notice it in our lives. But it’s there – in our kitchens and bathrooms, in our machines and the buildings we live and work in. But getting stainless steel to the point where we can safely use it requires it to undergo an extensive process known… Read more »