Armour plating is heavy plate steel, or other strong metal, used to create armour on a structure or vehicle.
A Hummer will weigh as much as 6000 pounds. The armor plating can add 8000 pounds, giving the vehicle a total weight of 14,000 pounds.
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A medieval knight wore armour to protect them in battle so they didn't get hurt, though chain mail can be pierced so the came up with armour plating to protect the knight further. Thought with all these men in the same looking armour it was hard to tell friend from foe so the began to engrave the armour with the knights specific heraldry shield so it was easier in battle to tell who to save and who to kill.
Many animals have armour-plated skins. The most common and popularly known is the Armadillo, but there is also the lesser-known Pangolin with its thick hide of interlocking armour plates. One should also not overlook the exoskeletons of insects, arachnids and crustacea such as crabs, sea urchins and lobsters either, all of which are armoured in their own way. Shellfish also employ a form of armour plating to protect their vulnerable bodies, as do snails and turtles
Most fish do in fact have scales, even some with scales that are nearly microscopic in size; many catfish however do not have scales, they have armour plating, but not scales.
it is a plating of immersion
This will depend on the material you are interested in plating with. As the price of gold goes up, even plating with gold will become more and more expensive. Plating with silver will be less pricey than plating with gold.
alkaline zinc plating is less expensive to prepare and maintain , and it do not cause pollution as cyanide zinc plating.
Gatero's plating offers a nice chrome plating kit for an affordable price, and you can buy them online at http://www.gaterosplating.co.uk/Replica-Chrome-Plating-Kit.php. They also have other plating kits.
Plating can be used for resist the rust & corrosion.
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armour can be very thick or thin check the weight of the armour