Latest Surface Preparation Articles
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Prevention
Hot-dip vs Cold Galvanizing: What’s the Difference?
The destructive effects of corrosion on metals have been known for centuries. For almost as long as metals have been a construction material, humans have constantly...
By: Krystal Nanan | Civil Engineer
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Soluble Salts
Soluble Salts and Coating Performance
Residual soluble salts can affect coating performance by accelerating the corrosion process and by causing osmotic blistering with subsequent disbondment of the coating...
By: Heather Stiner | Protective Coatings Professional, SSPC
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Corrosion Prevention
Introduction to Electroplating Interview with Jane Debbrecht
Jane Debbrecht is the Principal of JDebbrecht Consulting and a management consultant specializing in manufacturing company turnarounds and strategy development. She held...
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Coatings
Metallizing 101
Metallizing is a general term used to describe the process of applying a coating metal on the surface of an object. These coatings serve numerous functions, and can be...
By: Krystal Nanan | Civil Engineer
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Corrosion
Important Facts You Might Not Know About Copper Patina
Copper is known as a “living” metal because it and its alloys (e.g., brass, bronze) in most atmospheric conditions can form one or many protective layers...
By: Francisco Servigna | Process and Corrosion Engineer, Venezuelan National Oil Company
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Failure
The Anatomy of a Coating Failure
Rarely does a coating fail because of only one contributing factor. Rather, it is usually two or more factors working in conjunction that cause a coating to fail on a...
By: Louis D. Vincent | Owner, L.D. “Lou” Vincent PHD LLC
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Industries
Coatings for Marine Applications & Offshore Platforms
While offering new anticorrosion coatings for marine and offshore applications, manufacturers are under consistent pressure due to stricter environmental regulations, as...
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Surface Preparation
We Might Be Defining Proper Surface Profiles Wrong (Part 2)
Wenzel’s theory helps us to understand that surface roughness and coating adhesion are not always related to each other in a unique fashion. In other words,...
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Surface Preparation
We Might Be Defining Proper Surface Profiles Wrong (Part 1)
I have often been asked this question: “Which testing method do you prefer to use to check an abrasive blasted steel surface profile for coating: Testex replica...
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Failure
Emergency In-Situ Repair Problems & Surface-Tolerant Solutions
One of the major challenges faced by maintenance engineers across many industries is the limited amount of time in which urgent repairs must be carried out. In the real...
By: Levente Bazsanyi | Product Manager
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Surface Preparation
An Overview of Welded Joint Corrosion: Causes and Prevention Practices
Corrosion, by definition, is a degradation of material due to its chemical or electrochemical reaction with its environment. While this is a problem for metals in...
By: Nemanja Pavlovic
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Soluble Salts
The Effects of Salt Contamination on Coating Performance
The effect of soluble salt contamination on a substrate has been hugely controversial for decades. This controversy is mainly due to several factors that determine if...
By: Mohamed Adel Mohamadein | Head of the Corrosion, Arab Petroleum Pipelines
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