The impact of atmospheric damage to materials on consumers: News you can use

Conference · Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5876212

Lipfert, F W

Recent research on the mechanisms and rates of atmospheric damage to materials, sponsored by the National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program (NAPAP) and the US Environmental Protection Agency, has provided some new insights into the relative roles of wet and dry deposition of air pollutants on the useful lifetimes of objects normally exposed to outdoor weathering. While NAPAP was unable to carry out an economic assessment per se for materials damage, much of the information developed from this research is of direct use to consumers. This paper is intended to provide this information. The discussion is centered on common construction materials. The concept of substitute materials is stressed, so that consumers may become aware of the risks of accelerated weathering that may result from uninformed selections of materials. The categories of materials discussed include paints (architectural and automotive), metals, and masonry. 15 refs.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 5876212
• Report Number(s): BNL-46065; CONF-910659-18; ON: DE91012075
• Resource Relation: Conference: 84. annual meeting and exhibition of the Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA), Vancouver (Canada), 16-21 Jun 1991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
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CORROSIVE EFFECTS
AUTOMOBILES
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BUILDING MATERIALS
AIR POLLUTION
BUILDINGS
CORROSION PROTECTION
DEPOSITION
METALS
NAPAP
PAINTS
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COATINGS
ELEMENTS
MATERIALS
POLLUTION
RAIN
VEHICLES
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