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Engineering Dictionary

Surface Contamination

A defect referring to a particle or substance foreign to the typical surface generated during normal steel production. Such a foreign substance may be in the form of a film, oxide growth, imbedded material, etc., and may cause discoloration, poor lacquer adhesion, container forming problems, corrosion, etc.