alligatoring

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alligatoring [′al·ə‚gād·ər·iŋ]

(materials)

Cracking of a film of paint or varnish, with broad, deep cracks through one or more coats. Also known as crocodiling.

(metallurgy)

A splitting of an end of a rolled steel slab in which the plane of the split is parallel to the rolled surface. Also known as fishmouthing.

The roughening of a sheet-metal surface during forming due to the coarse grain of the metal used.

alligatoring

1. The splitting of a film of paint in a pattern resembling an alligator skin, caused by shrinkage of a coat of paint applied over a semiplastic or thermoplastic undercoat; also called crocodiling.

2. Surface cracking, due to oxidation and shrinkage stresses, which shows as repetitive mounding of an asphalt surface in a pattern resembling the hide of an alligator; occurs only in unsurfaced bitumen exposed to the weather.

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