The phrase "a dense coat of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a thick layer of something, often in contexts related to clothing, animals, or natural phenomena.
Example: "The dog had a dense coat of fur that kept it warm during the winter months."
Alternatives: "a thick layer of" or "a heavy covering of".
On their ventral (bottom) surface, a dense coat of cilia extends from head to tail.
The hair of all rhinoceroses is sparse or absent except that of young Sumatran rhinoceroses, which have a dense coat of crisp, black hair.
The cell surface of trypanosomatid parasites is characterized by a dense coat of glycoconjugates with important functions in host cell recognition, immune evasion, infectivity, and cell function.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.05553.015 The haptoglobin-haemoglobin receptor operates in the context of the VSG layer, a dense coat of surface protein that covers the trypansosome surface.
These proteins form a dense coat on the inside of the lysosomal membrane.
The vsg gene family in T. brucei encodes variant surface glycoproteins (VSG) that form a dense coat on the outside of the parasite.
A dense coating of 70 μm thickness was deposited.
The detonation gun spray process resulted in a dense coating of almost uniform deposition with low porosity (0.3%) and good adhesion between the substrate and the coating.
The first synthetic nanoparticles shown capable of rapidly penetrating physiological mucus secretions utilized a dense coating of polyethylene glycol (PEG) covalently grafted onto the surface of preformed polymeric nanoparticles.
After the bouncers push their last all-but-senseless clients out of the door, and the last punch-up outside a chippy is dispersed by the Strathclyde police, pavements lie deserted under a dense coating of fag ends and glass shards.
It is concluded that the porous core thickness must be at least 5 mm if a porous SiC with thermal conductivity around 7 W/mK is used; a dense coating of ≈200 µm is considered as optimum regarding the thermal stresses present in the FCI.
