Temperature-accelerated tests

Testing of metals for resistance to sulphide stress cracking at ambient temperatures Accelerated test procedures for screening atmospheric surface coating systems for offshore platforms and equipment... 

We have prepared a number of new phenolic antioxidants by alkylating phenol, p-cresol, 2,4-xylenol, and 2,6-xylenol with a-olefins. All show appreciable antioxidant effectiveness in high temperature accelerated tests. In over-all potency, 2,6-dioctadecyl-p-cresol is the best, followed closely by 2,4,6-trioctadecylphenol. For the tests used in this study, molecular weight was found to be the controlling factor in the relationship of structure to effectiveness. 

Thus, the philosophy of lifetime prediction using temperature-accelerated tests is as follows ... 

There are available standard accelerated oxidation tests that consist of passing air or oxygen through an oil at elevated temperature. The test is conducted with or without the presence of catalysts or water. 

Electrical Properties. Electrical properties are important for the corrosion protection of chip-on-board (COB) encapsulated devices. Accelerated temperature, humidity, and bias (THB) are usually used to test the embedding materials. Conventional accelerating testing is done at 85°C, 85% relative humidity, and d-c bias voltage. Triple-track test devices with tantalum nitride (Ta2N), titanium—palladium—gold (Ti—Pd—Au) metallizations with 76... 

The early carbon trap and SHED methods measured two components of evaporative emissions. Hot soak emissions were measured for a one hour period immediately after a vehicle had been driven on a prescribed cycle and the engine turned off. Diurnal emissions were also measured during a one hour event where the fuel tank was artificially heated. The one hour fuel temperature heat build was an accelerated test that was developed to represent a full day temperature heat build. 

It was established that significant changes in resistance took place at the transition temperature and consequently sharp changes in protective properties. The resistance always fell with an increase in temperature and this may provide an explanation for the fact that accelerated tests using the same corrosion cycle, may not produce the same results if carried out at different temperatures. 

The length and amount of cracks is assessed according to the Bayer method [72,73]. The ISO standard ozone test conditions involve a test temperature of 40°C zE 1°C and an ozone level of 50 5 pphm, with a test duration of 72 h. Testing is done under static [72] and/or dynamic strain [73]. These are accelerated tests and should be used for the relative comparison of compounds, rather than for the prediction of long-term service life. The method is rather complicated and demands a long duration of ozone exposure. Therefore, in some cases the rate constants of the antiozonants reaction with ozone in solution are used instead to evaluate the efficiency of different antiozonants [74]. 

Elevated temperature and humidity (accelerated test, approximate results expected after 2 weeks)... 

Table II shows, as an example, the combinations of low and high levels for three factors selected by a design team for an accelerated test Involving photovoltaic solar cells. In column 2 the three factors are seen to be temperature T (50 C, 95 C), relative humidity RH (60%, 85%), and ultraviolet radiation UV (five suns, 15 suns). The eight combinations of the high and low levels are shown, together with the predicted months to failure for each combination. In this example the documentation to support each prediction is symbolically referenced as shown in the last column. The documentation includes assumptions, calculations, references to the literature, laboratory data, computer simulation results, and other related material. Such a factorial table is first completed by each scientist independently. Subsequently, the team alms to generate a single consensus factorial table has the same form as that shown in Table II.

Stability tests of catalyst. All catalysts deactivate during their life by various causes (see Chapter 3). The aim of stability tests is to examine the cause and rate of deactivation. These experiments are usually performed at conditions similar to those planned for the commercial unit. In some cases, accelerated tests are carried out using a feedstock with an elevated level of impurities or at a temperature significantly higher than that anticipated for the full-scale reactor. A laboratory reactor used for such tests is usually a down-scaled reactor or a part of the full-scale-reactor. Standard analytical equipment is used. 

An industrial standard method has been developed to test the lightfastness of polymers in accelerated test equipment [103]. The apparatus consists of a quartz-xenon tube with a special optical filter between the light source and the specimen to produce light that resembles window glass-filtered daylight [104], Samples are mounted at a specific distance from the arc and are supported on a frame which revolves around the arc 1 to 5 times per minute for uniform exposure. A blower unit in the base provides a flow of air which makes it possible to maintain a black panel temperature of 45°C, measured by a black panel thermometer which is positioned at level with the samples. A black panel unit consists of a bimetallic thermometer mounted on a steel frame. Both faces of the frame plate and also the stem of the thermometer are coated with a heat-resistant glossy black enamel. The relative humidity level in the exposure cabinet is closely controlled. 

The resistance to blooming is tested by rubbing the colorations of differing concentrations with a white cloth immediately after they are produced, after 6 months storage at room temperature and, if necessary, also in an accelerated test after 24 hours storage at 70°C. 

The practical conclusion is that if comparisons are to be made between accelerated and natural ageing results or attempts made to predict degradation at lower temperatures from accelerated tests, the existence of degradation gradients is likely to have significant effect. Also, predictions made from tests on thin test pieces may be misleading if applied to thick products. 

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