The application of a protective coating of phosphate to the surface of metals

plural of phosphating

(chemistry) Any salt or ester of phosphoric acid. / (agriculture) Any fertiliser containing phosphate compounds. / Guano (containing high levels of phosphates and harvested for the fertiliser industry).

To treat or coat with a phosphate or with phosphoric acid

Of, relating to, or composed of phosphate.

to convert something into a phosphate / to treat something with phosphate or phosphoric acid

the conversion of something into a phosphate / the treatment of something with phosphate or phosphoric acid

simple past tense and past participle of phosphatize

converted into a phosphate / treated with phosphate or phosphoric acid

present participle of phosphatize