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Defining Service Requirements & Environmental Factors for Coating Specification
An expert coatings engineer describes the international standards and procedures necessary to define environmental factors and durability...
Lessons Learned from 50 Years of Coatings Testing at SA Water
This article provides key findings and lessons learned from test results generated across eight environmental test sites with the aim of...
Protecting Pipelines from Corrosion Under Insulation
Corrosion under insulation (CUI) prevention with thermal sprayed aluminum (TSA) provides long-term and reliable prevention that reduces...
What Does Quality Control Mean in the Corrosion and Coatings Industry?
Quality control on a job site is often standardized by regulatory agencies in a way that makes it completely objective, and hence...
How Hot Shortness and Welding Affect Corrosion in Metals
Hot shortness is a welding defect that can cause cracking of the metal surface as it cools. These cracks can serve as breeding grounds for...
Installation Methodology for Compliant Composite Repairs
The proper installation of composite repairs to corroded piping or equipment requires special training and application methods.
Understanding a New Trend: In Situ Cleaning and Coating
Every corrosion, abrasion, or erosion issue can present its own unique set of problems and associated solutions, each bearing its own merit...
6 Ways to Prevent Corrosion Failure Analysis Frustration
This article discusses how to work with a metallurgical lab to increase the likelihood of getting the information needed to determine the...
6 Ways to Measure Surface Profiles for Concrete Surface Preparation
Concrete may need to be prepared for repairs and overlays, or to clean and/or roughen the surface for the application of a subsequent...
5 Ways to Measure the Hardness of a Material
Knowing the hardness of a material is extremely useful as it assists in the selection of appropriate materials for specific applications....
How Quenching Improves the Performance of Metals
The quenching of metals is used in the manufacture of various types of steel. The metallurgical processes involved in quenching can enhance...
6 Tests to Measure a Material's Strength
Tensile, compressive, fatigue, torsion, nick break and creep tests are six important procedures used to measure the strength of a material.
3 Essential Types of Material Destructive Tests
Tensile, toughness and fatigue destructive testing provides valuable information for determining the suitability of a material in a...
Elemental Strategies of Coatings Asset Management: Terry Greenfield Q&A
A NACE International instructor and trainer in corrosion assessment, Terry Greenfield has 40 years’ experience in protective coatings...
Practical Techniques for Cathodic Protection Potential Measurement
In order to determine the adequacy of a cathodic protection system applied on a certain structure, its polarized potential has to be...
Myth or Fact: Higher Surface Profile Increases Coating Adhesion (Part 2)
A decade of independent surface preparation studies show no correlation between higher surface profiles and protective coating adhesion;...
Myth or Fact: Higher Surface Profile Increases Coating Adhesion (Part 1)
As the corrosion control industry adopts new coating technologies, the debate continues regarding best practices in steel surface...
Effective Home Remedies for Treating Surface Corrosion
Learn some of the numerous DIY home and workshop remedies you can apply to improve matters before having to accept defeat in the name of a...
Ice Pigging: New European Pipe Cleaning Innovation
A water infrastructure corrosion expert reviews a paper by researchers at the University of Bristol on an innovative technique called ice...
