See Also: Parkerize(dictionary)

Parkerize (iou)



Parkerize verb trans. E20.
[from the Parker Rust-Proof Co. of America, which introduced the process, + -IZE.]
Give (iron or steel) a protective rustproof coating by brief immersion in a hot acidic solution of a metal phosphate (usu. manganese dihydrogen phosphate). Chiefly as Parkerizing verbal noun.
? Parkerized and Parkerizing are proprietary terms in the UK and US respectively.