Schematic on the history of the galvanising industry & its impact on zinc usage

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200 year time line of steel sheet galvanising 1840’s Corrugated 1900’s Bath chemistry 1970-90’s Fashion sheeting & light weight improvements, Al, Si etc & colour metal construction 1900-30’s The auto & 1980’s Growth of electrical revolution 1792-94 Volta dissimilar 1850-1880’s explosion of Developing markets metals & the principles demand for metal 1940’s post painting of the battery buildings due technology impr to colonisation 1980 Growth of 1955-60 The environmental Protection of galvanised car issues steel with tin 1900 1850 1950

Pre 1800

Post 2010

1888 Poppleton1790 Luigi Galvani’s 2000s Zn/Al/Mg 1961 Mayhew Lysaght & the first electrochemical & Zn Mg coatings 1837 The invention & air knives galvanising machine effect on frogs of galvanising by Stanislas Sorel in Paris 1981 Galfan 1931 Tad Sendzimir 5% Al & continuous Galvanising 1972 Galvanneal 1829 Faraday & Davy 1850’s Morewood & & Zincrometal & cathodic protection the mechanisation of zinc of galvanising 1970’s pre paint 1969 Galvalume (skimming rolls) technologies 45/55% Zn/Al Ref – Lamesch, J,.2004, World History of Galvanising, Arcelor, Paris

M a r k e t D r i v e r s

BlueScope Steel International Limited Aug2008

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