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Corrosion causes billions of dollars in product and infrastructure damage every year. It degrades useful properties of materials, especially metals. The effects of corrosion include loss of strength, change in appearance, and increased permeability t...

Q-FOG® cyclic corrosion chambers from Q-Lab can run continuous salt spray, Prohesion, and nearly all cyclic automotive corrosion tests. Q-FOG chambers are available in two sizes to fulfill a wide range of testing requirements. Q-FOG cyclic corrosion ...

For over 50 years, Q-PANEL® test substrates have been recognized as the world standard for a consistent and uniform test surface for paints, plating, adhesives, sealants, rust inhibitors and other coatings.This consistency and uniformity is now avail...

In recent years, cyclic corrosion standards in the automotive industry have encouraged manufacturers of test chambers to offer new control features. Automotive OEMs required these new features in order to simulate actual automotive corrosion and to i...

In LF-8116, "A New Era in Corrosion Testing," we discussed a short history of modern atmospheric corrosion testing and recent advances in the field. In this article we will cover a topic which generates many questions from laboratory technicians and ...

This paper is intended as a general introduction to cyclic corrosion testing (CCT). It outlines the rationale for cyclic testing, includes some guidelines for using cyclic tests and explains some common CCT cycles and their applications. This discuss...

It is widely accepted that improved methods for assessing the corrosion controlling properties of organic coatings on steel are needed. Difficulties with established testing procedures (primarily ASTM B 117 salt spgy) have been well documented]-3 and...

Salt spray cabinets were first used for corrosion testing around 1914, In 1939, the neutral salt spray test was incorporated as ASTM Method B 117, Today B 117 is the Practice for Operating Salt Spray (Fog) Apparatus under the jurisdiction of Committe...