Metallographic and chemical characterisation of novel arrowhead oxide defect.
Fixed incidence diffractograms highlight the presence of ZnO within defective regions of the coating.
Mechanism of formation deduced based on chemical characteristics and surface topography of defect.
Novel nanowire ZnO formation as by-product of continuous hot dip galvanizing.
Methods of eliminating the use of wet HNx injection as a method for suppressing Zn vapour formation presented