ACCELERATED ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING

A DESCRIPTION IS PROVIDED OF THE DESIGN AND OPERATION OF AN ACCELERATED CORROSION ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBER FOR METAL PROTECTIVE PAINTS ALONG WITH A DISCUSSION OF THE FINDINGS OF EXPERIMENTS DESIGNED TO TEST THE REPRODUCABILITY OF RESULTS IN THE CHAMBER AND CORRELATIONS WITH DATA FROM AN EXTERIOR WEATHERING TEST FENCE AT A TIDAL ESTUARY IN BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA. THE MAJOR CONCLUSION REACHED WAS THAT ONE HOUR'S EXPOSURE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBER WAS APPROXIMATELY EQUIVALENT TO 85 HOURS EXPOSURE ON THE BRUNSWICK TEST FENCE. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  University of Georgia, Experiment

  Georgia Experiment Station
  Experiment, GA  United States 

  Georgia State Highway Department

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• Authors:
  • Tooke, W R
  • Hurst, D R
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accelerated tests; Corrosion; Environmental impacts; Metals; Paint; Protective coatings; Weathering
• Subject Areas: Environment; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00215963
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: Study No 6301
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 12 1972 12:00AM