Accelerated Environmental Testing
Environmental exposure testing is designed to evaluate a material or coatings performance against environmental deterioration. This could be part of periodic testing or R&D. The aim is to establish whether a coating is suitable for its intended purpose, or which coating is best for its intended purpose.
The process is simple: expose samples to a pre determined exposure & evaluate against pre defined criteria to see if it meets the performance requirements. R&D may see various examples of materials, finishes & coatings exposed to the same environment with evaluations to see which has performed best.
Evaluations include:
- Colour & Gloss
- Blistering.
- Rusting.
- Delamination.
- Filiform.
- Adhesion.
- Scratch.
- Hardness.
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Cyclic Corrosion Test Facility.
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