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Method of applying corrosion-resistant metal
coatings. The article is placed in argon gas,
together with some coating metal, which
vaporizes on heating and becomes ionized
(acquires charged atoms) as it diffuses
through the gas to form the coating. It has
important applications in the aerospace
industry.