zinc plate

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zinc
noun[U]
uk
/zɪŋk/us
/zɪŋk/
a chemical element that is a bluish-white metal, used in making other metals or for covering other metals to ...
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plate
noun
uk
/pleɪt/us
/pleɪt/
a flat, usually round dish with a slightly raised edge that you eat from or serve ...
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(Definition ofzincandplatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Some of these maps were printed from zinc plates but many were printed from lithographic limestone plates.
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As a consequence, he regarded the corrosion of the zinc plates as an unrelated flaw that could perhaps be fixed by changing the materials somehow.
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The process, while better than the pantagraph, still required a large amount of labour to prepare the zinc plates for pressing.
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If copper or zinc plates are used, then the plate surface is left very clean and therefore white in the print.
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On discharge the reverse process occurs, the metallic zinc plated on the negative electrodes dissolves in the electrolyte and is available to be plated again at the next charge cycle.
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The originals were photographed and transferred onto a photosensitivezincplate.
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The printer would then transfer the proof design to azincplateunder a press, and hand-etch the drawing onto the plate with a stylus.
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He made the first photocopy using azincplatecovered with sulfur.
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Thezincplatewas prevented from making contact with the copper by dowels (pieces) of cork or wood.
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A printer would then cover thezincplatewith a coating of asphalt varnish, expose it under a drawing and develop it.
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What remained on thezincplatewas a perfect representation in ink of the original composition, by virtue of the ink binding to the insoluble potassium bichromate.
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In intaglio printmaking, the artist makes marks on the matrix (in the case of aquatint, a copper orzincplate) that are capable of holding ink.
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I am an engineer and a plain fellow, and to me the word means "zinc plated" or "protected from corrosion".
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Normally, copper or zinc plates are used as a surface or matrix, and the incisions are created by etching, engraving, drypoint, aquatint or mezzotint.
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It was general practice though, to install zinc plates and/or alkaline chemicals to reduce corrosion within the boiler.
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Its roof is made of zinc plates over an iron framework and supported by columns of the same metal.
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It was speculated that years of using etching acids on zinc plates in poorly ventilated studios had damaged her lungs.
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These zinc plates will get corroded first being in the lowest range of anodes.
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Normally, copper or zinc plates are used, and the incisions are created by etching or engraving the image, but one may also use mezzotint.
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