Society for Protective Coatings

Society for Protective Coatings, 40 24th Street, 6th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4643, USA... 

The Society for Protection Coatings, address 40, 24th Street, 6th Floor, Pittsburg, PA 15222-4656, www.sspc.org. 

SSPC-VIS 2 Standard Method of Evaluating Degree of Rusting on Painted Steel Surfaces. Pittsburgh, Pa. The Society for Protective Coatings, 2002. 

Z. W. Wicks, Jr., Corrosion Protection hy Coatings Eederation of Societies for Coatings Technology, Blue Bell, Pa., 1987. 

The American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) recommends 250 ml of solution for every square inch of area of test metal. Exposure time is also critical. Often it is desirable to extrapolate results from short time tests to long service periods. Typically, corrosion is more intense in its early stages (before protective coatings of corrosion products build up). Results obtained from short-term tests tend to overestimate corrosion rates which often results in an overly conservative design. 

Dr. Hui has worked on various projects, including chemical sensors, solid oxide fuel cells, magnetic materials, gas separation membranes, nanostruc-tured materials, thin film fabrication, and protective coatings for metals. He has more than 80 research publications, one worldwide patent, and one U.S. patent (pending). He is currently leading and involved in several projects for the development of metal-supported solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), ceramic nanomaterials as catalyst supports for high-temperature PEM fuel cells, protective ceramic coatings on metallic substrates, ceramic electrode materials for batteries, and ceramic proton conductors. Dr. Hui is also an active member of the Electrochemical Society and the American Ceramic Society. 

With constant updates in the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) specifications for epoxy-coated rebar, this corrosion protection system will continue to improve. The specifications involve all aspects of fabrication of epoxy-coated rebar. All these will result in improved performance of epoxy-coated rebar and more durable new concrete stmctures. 

The ISAT test (BS 1881-208 1996) is particularly useful for checking the effectiveness of coatings. Concrete Society Technical Report 50 is a Guide to surface treatments for protection and enhancement of concrete (Concrete Society, 1997a). Rilem Report 12 (Kropp and Hilsdorf, 1995) goes into great detail on the various tests and transport phenomena in concrete. 

Thompson, K.G., and B.C. Benicewicz. 2003. Corrosion-protective coatings from electroactive polymers. In Electroactive polymers for corrosion control, eds. R. Zarras, J.D. Stenger-Smith, and Y. Wei, 18. Washington DC American Chemical Society. 

Webster JD, Westwood ME, Hayes FH, Day RJ, Taylor R, Duran A, Aparido A, Rebstock K, Vogel WD, Oxidation protection coatings for C/SiC based on yttrium sdicate, Baxter J, Cot L, Fordham R, Gabis V, Hellot Y, Lefebvre M, Le Doussal H, Le Sech A, Naslain R, Sevagen A eds., European Ceramic Society Euro Ceramics V, Part 3. Trans Tech Pubhcations, Switzerland,... 

ASTM], American Petroleum Institute [API], NFPA, Factory Mutual [FM], American Society of Mechanical Engineers [ASME], American National Standards Institute [ANSI], Cl, EC), including non-equipment items such as criteria for inspection of foundations and supports, anchor bolts, pipe hangers, guy wires, grounding connections, nozzles and sprinklers, insulation, protective coatings, external surfaces of vessels, insulation, etc. 

For those seeking a more detailed treatment of the application of surface analysis techniques to the study of corrosion than can be given here, there are a number of Symposium Proceedings from the Electrochemical Society and from ASTM that are of great utility [f-6]. For those interested in more depth on the subject of surface analysis in general or on particular surface techniques, the following are some useful references [7-f3], Systems that are particularly amenable to surface analysis include inhibitor films and protective coatings, stable oxide films, and corroded surfaces. 

Capp, J. A., A Rational Test for Metallic Protective Coatings, Proceedings, American Society for Testing and Materials, Vol. XIV, Part n, Philadelphia, 1914, p. 474. 

Rutledge, S. K., Banks, B. A., Cales, M. (1995). Atomic oxygen treatment for non-contact removal of organic protective coatings from painting surfaces. In J. R. Druzik, J. L. Galvdn Madrid, I. C. Freestone, et al. (Eds.), Materials issues in art and archaeology TV, Cancm, May 16-21, 1994 (pp. 161-166). Materials Research Society. 

Capp JA. A rational test for metaUic protective coatings. Proceedings American Society for Testing of Materials 1914 14 474r-81. 

Bums RM, Bradley WW (1967) Protective coatings for metals. American Chemical Society, Monograph Series, 3rd edn... 

Buchheit R.G., Hughes A.E. (2003), Chromate and chromate-free coatings. Sect. 4b, in Corrosion Fundamentals, Testing and Protection, Vol. 13A. American Society for Materials, Materials Park, OH. 

Bums, R.M. and Bradley, W.W., Protective Coatings for Metals, 3rd ed.. Reinhold Publishing, New York, 1967. Tottle, C.R., An Encyclopedia of Metallurgy and Materials, The Metals Society and Macdonald Evans, London, U.K., 1984. 

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