Blackplate is
hot rolled or
cold rolled,
[DIN 55405:2006-11 Verpackung - Terminologie - Begriffe, Berlin: Beuth Verlag.] non-
sheet steel or sheet
iron.
[ Blackplate at www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 30 Apr 2017.]
Manufacture and properties
Blackplate is made of non-
tinned[ iron or steel and is annealed on open flames or in an annealing box.][Entry on Schwarzblech at europerf.org, retrieved 27 March 2012.] Cold rolled blackplate, by contrast, can be made thinner – thicknesses of 0.4 to 1.5 mm being attainable – and produces better surface qualities.
See also
