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Bald Spot

A bald spot is a non-technical term for an area on a material's surface that has lost quality in its normal covering. The term can refer to a failure of a coating such as a wrinkle finish paint that has a rough texture. In the context of corrosion, bald spots refer to an area of thinned out steel... View Full Term
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