WET PAINT ANALYSIS


DENSITY

Mass per unit volume of a material at a specified temperature.

Standards

Significance:

If density is not within spec, then there is a good chance that there could be some error in charging of the batch.an act as a check on solids of paint

Non Volatile Matter

The volume of the dried coating divided by the volume of liquid coating, multiplied by 100, provides the volume percent non-volatile matter inthe total liquid coating.

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Significance:

Volume Solids

Defined as the total volume of non-volatile solids present in one litre of paint.

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Viscosity by Ford Cup

Viscosity is the force per unit area that resists the flow of two parallel fluid layers.

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Viscometer

Brookfield LV

 

VISCOSITY

Stormer viscometers-(ASTM D 562)

Blast Clean Test

The pottassuim ferricyanide test for water-soluble iron salt that from at the bottom of rust pits after blast-cleaning.

International Standard BS 5493

Bresle Test

International Standards: ISO 8502-6 and ISO 8502-9 Contaminating the surface prior to the coating application due to salts such as chlorides and sulphates

Standards

Wet Film Thickness

Dete rmined as being between the clearance of the deepest notch face wetted and the clearance of the next deeper notch face not wetted by the film.

Standards

Flash Point

Sag-Index-Applicator