Letter 33007

Looking for information for organic finish  

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I am looking for some technical information for Organic finish, could you please tell me what kind of finish of this Organic finish?

Eileen
Cosmic China - Foshan, Guangdong , China

Any finish that is comprised of leaving a primarily organic chemical on the surface is an organic finish. Plating, anodizing, PVD finishes, and black oxide are inorganic finishes; Painting and powder coating are organic finishes.

Ted Mooney, P.E.  finishing.com Brick, New Jersey

If chemical compound contains Carbon, it is organic. Otherwise it is inorganic.

Tom Gallant
- Long Beach, CA, USA

Steel contains carbon, are you saying that it is organic?

James Watts
- Navarre, Florida

Didn't you see The Terminator, James?

Actually, the carbon itself is an organic compound; but the steel is not a compound, it's a mixture. Nickel plating contains small amounts of organic compounds from the wetters, levelers, and brighteners--but I wouldn't call it an organic coating.

Ted Mooney, P.E. 
finishing.com
Brick, New Jersey

OK, I was thinking more of the carbides in steel vs the alloyed carbon. If that does not sell, how about tungstan carbide? WC.

I was just trying to point out that you have to be careful with definitions.

James Watts
- Navarre, Florida

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