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  • verb Present participle of passivate.

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Examples

  • Hoerni developed a new manufacturing process which relied heavily on the masking and passivating properties of sillicon oxide.

    The Planar Process 2010

  • Hexavalent chromium is a standard passivating chemical for zinc and zinc-alloy plated parts, and zinc galvanized steel.

    Alternatives for significant uses of hexavalent chromium in Massachusetts 2008

  • As metallurgists know, forging a sheet of decent stainless steel involves cold rolling, annealing, pickling, passivating and then feeding the product through polished rollers.

    People To Watch: The Week AheadThe Week Ahead: March 13-17 Forbes.com staff 2006

  • This was due to the excellent electronic properties of the interface between the semiconductor silicon and its insulating and passivating oxide.

    D Mag - News 2010

  • This was due to the excellent electronic properties of the interface between the semiconductor silicon and its insulating and passivating oxide.

    D Mag - News 2010

  • Able provides electropolishing, passivating, and other metal finishing services from our state of the art 40,000 square foot facility.

    StreetInsider.com News Articles 2010

  • This was due to the excellent electronic properties of the interface between the semiconductor silicon and its insulating and passivating oxide.

    Nano Tech Wire 2010

  • “They must have had a passivating process to make magnesium metal resist acid that way, and the alloy must have been at least 95 per cent magnesium.

    Science Fiction Hall of Fame Various, 1973

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