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Q-Lab is a world leader in weathering, light stability, and corrosion testers and standard test substrates. We offer outdoor exposure testing at our benchmark facilities in Florida and Arizona. Contract test services, including accelerated laboratory...

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...

IntroductionThe use of properly purified water is critical to running a weathering or corrosion test device. There are two reasons for this. First, impurities in water can leave deposits on test specimens, thus spoiling the opportunity to evaluate th...

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...

The VIRTUAL STRIPCHART™ data logging software collects data from Q-Lab testers and stores it on a personal computer. It records and displays data on critical test parameters such as temperature, irradiance, and relative humidity. The VIRTUAL STRIPCHA...

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 ...