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mill scale

mill scale noun: the flaky surface of hot rolled steel, which will protect the steel against atmospheric corrosion until it is removed or flakes off. The scale should be removed before paint is applied.

Noun

mill scale (uncountable)

  1. The flaky surface of hot rolled steel, which will protect the steel against atmospheric corrosion until it is removed or flakes off. The scale should be removed before paint is applied.
    • Recently the Great Northern Railway, U,S.A., which has a considerable mileage of line bordering the Pacific seaboard, has put in service mobile equipment for applying anti-corrosion treatment to rails. An old motor-car has been adapted to carry two oxy-acetylene flame-cleaning heads, which...1951 October, “Preventing Rail Corrosion”, in Railway Magazine, page 648

mill scale meaning in Tamil

mill scale in Tamil

வெப்ப உருட்டல் மாசுப்படிவு

Questions about mill scale

What does mill scale mean?
Mill scale means the flaky surface of hot rolled steel, which will protect the steel against atmospheric corrosion until it is removed or flakes off. The scale should be removed before paint is applied.
What is mill scale in Tamil?
Mill scale in Tamil is வெப்ப உருட்டல் மாசுப்படிவு. See Mill scale meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mill scale?
Mill scale is a noun.

Words near mill scale in the dictionary

  1. mill races
  2. mill rate
  3. mill rates
  4. mill run
  5. mill runs
  6. mill scale
  7. mill stream
  8. mill streams
  9. Mill Street
  10. mill tail
  11. mill tails

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