Bethanization

Bethanization is a process patented by the Bethlehem Steel Company to protect steel from corrosion by plating it with zinc,[1] a process similar to electrogalvanization. In advertising materials, Bethlehem Steel claimed the process was more effective than hot dip galvanization, the most common means of using zinc to protect steel.[1]

In 1936, Bethlehem Steel spent $30 million (1936 dollars) to build a factory in Johnstown, Pennsylvania capable of creating large amounts of Bethanized wire.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Pick a fence for the yard", Kiplinger's Personal Finance. July 1973, p. 18.
  2. ↑ Special to the New York Times. "Open plant to make new Bethanized wire", The New York Times. April 17, 1936. Page 2.
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