To coat, treat, or impregnate with chromium or chromium compounds; to subject something to a chroming process.
From 'chromium' plus the verb-forming suffix '-ize'; a technical term for the application of chromium to surfaces.
Chromizing steel creates a protective barrier just microns thick, but this microscopically thin layer can extend a metal's life by decades—proof that material science is about creating invisible shields.
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