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Pickling vs Passivation - What's the difference?

pickling | passivation |

As nouns the difference between pickling and passivation

is that pickling is an instance of processing something in brine or other solution while passivation is the process of making a material passive (non-reactive) in relation to another material prior to using the materials together.

As a verb pickling

is present participle of lang=en.

pickling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An instance of processing something in brine or other solution.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • passivation

    English

    (wikipedia passivation)

    Noun

  • (chemistry, materials science) The process of making a material passive (non-reactive) in relation to another material prior to using the materials together.
  • (chemistry) The spontaneous formation of a hard non-reactive surface film (usually an oxide or nitride) that inhibits further corrosion.
  • Conversion of a non-passive dynamical system into a passive one.