SC Space Abbreviation

Scale

it can be defined as a unwanted layer of chemical reaction with any material surface against environment. Surface oxidation, consisting of partially adherent layers of corrosion products, left on metals by heating or casting in air or in other oxidizing atmosphere. Also a deposit on a heat transfer surface resulting from precipitation of salts present in water in contact with that surface, forming a hard, dense material. An oxide of iron which forms on the surface of hot steel exposed to air or oxygen.