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Commonly, they use zinc, copper, chrome or nickel for that.

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Steel that has been plated with zinc in a electro-coating process (using electricity to cause molecules to bond together) is known as "galvanized".

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Galvanized iron sheets have coating of zinc to help resist corrosion.

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