AASHTO M 232M/M 232-10
This specification covers zinc coatings applied by the hot-dip process on iron and steel hardware.The hot-dip galvanizing process consists of parts being immersed in molten zinc for a timesufficient to allow a metallurgical reaction between iron from the steel surface and the moltenzinc, resulting in the formation of Zn/Fe alloy layers bonding the coating to the steel surface.