Although use of zinc dust as a pigment in paints dates back more than 130 years, its widespread application is much less than 30 years old and many important developments have taken place within the last 15 years. Worldwide consumption of zinc dust for paints has grown from very small beginnings at the end of World War II to more than 50,000 tonnes per annum today, and this represents some 500, 000, 000 square metres of steel protected. It is however, important to keep this impressive-looking figure in proportion and to remember that in tonnage zinc dust paints are the third most important means of protecting steel with zinc dust coming after hot dip galvanizing and zinc plating (Table 1).
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