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Car Paint:

Car paint serves to not only appeal the car to customers, but also protect
the car.
The paint will protect the metal and plastic from degradation due to
environmental elements.
These elements include UV rays, salt, oxygen, etc.
The three main components that make up car paint are binder (resin),
pigment, and solvent.
Binder, or resin, is responsible for adhesion and cohesion in the paint.
Pigment provides color and opacity.
Colored pigments are organic.
Mica platelets, silicate, and alumina add optical effects to the paint.
Polymers are included in the ingredients of car paint.
Layers of car paint from top to bottom: clearcoat, effect pigments,
basecoat, surfacer, primer, pretreatment, and substrate.
Substrate is either galvanized steel or plastic.
Primer is zinc phosphate and resin.
Tires:
Tires consist of hydrogen, alkyl, halogen, sometimes substituted with
oxygen, nitrogen or sulfur atoms.
The markings on tires are created during the molding process.
Tires are mixed by putting together a compound that includes carbon,
zinc oxide, oil, and stearic acid.
These ingredients create rubber.
Headlights:
Halogen lamps are the most common light source for headlights.
These incandescent lamps are made of iodine and bromine.
In halogen lamps, the incandescence has filament that evaporates, and
then re-coats the filament with metal vapor.
A filament is a light source.
Windows:
Car glass is crystal-like, though it is non-crystalline, which makes it
amorphous.
Window glass, also known as soda lime silica glass, is made of silica,
sodium oxide, magnesia, lime, and alumina.
This also makes up light bulbs.
Vehicle Frame (Steel):
Iron is used in the creation of steel.
Iron oxide is also magnetite and hematite.
Steel is an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements.

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