Steel automotive corrosion study

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Fibers are responsible for strength, thermal stability, and frictional properties. 1,200 fibers have been tested to-date for this application. The major groups include aramid, glass, carbon, steel, and cellulose fibers. Each fiber has its own set of problems in the application. This may be price, low melting point, low friction characteristics, corrosion, abrasion of metal elements, low strength, etc. Studies in this field affect the automotive, land transportation, military, and aerospace industries and are being maintained at a high level to further improve the properties of brake materials. 

Correlation of the test methods to actual field performance is forming the basis of selection of the most predictive accelerated tests. This work led to the development of SAE J2334, a new standard accelerated laboratory cyclic corrosion test that accurately predicts the cosmetic corrosion performance of automotive coated steel sheet. The results of this study are described in a series of publications [37,35,36,55]. 

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