Weathering performance of industrial atmospheric coating systems in the Arabian Gulf

Book · Sat Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:82973

Carew, J; Al-Hashem, A; Riad, W T ^[1]; Othman, M ^[2]; Islam, M ^[3]

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1. Kuwait Inst. for Scientific Research, Safat (Kuwait). Materials Application Dept.
2. Shuaiba Area Authority, Safat (Kuwait)
3. Cortest Columbus Technologies Inc., OH (United States)

The performance and durability of a number of industrial coating systems have been studied for two and a half years at five weathering sites in the industrial belt of Shuaiba Area, Kuwait, in the Arabian Gulf. The outdoor weathering performance of eleven coating systems was related to the prevailing industrial atmospheric conditions, and comparison made to their behavior under laboratory accelerated conditions. The coating systems studied included acrylic enamel, micaceous iron oxide epoxy, alkyd enamel, alkyd gloss, chlorinated rubber, polyurethane, and water-based acrylic. Experience in Kuwait has shown that with the longer hours of strong sunshine and ambient temperatures, as well as the chemical content of the atmosphere (e.g. O{sub 3}, SO{sub 2}, NO{sub X}, NH{sub 3}, Cl), dust retention and sandstorm, degrading of coatings has tended to be faster than in Western countries which most of these generic coating system were developed. Two accelerated test methods were used to evaluate the protective properties of the above mentioned coatings when applied to steel panels.

• OSTI ID: 82973
• Report Number(s): CONF-940222-; TRN: IM9533%%431
• Resource Relation: Conference: Corrosion 94: National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) international annual conference, Baltimore, MD (United States), 28 Feb - 4 Mar 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Corrosion/94 conference papers; PB: 5005 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
PERSIAN GULF
AIR POLLUTION
KUWAIT
PROTECTIVE COATINGS
WEATHERING
CORROSION PROTECTION
PLASTICS
EPOXIDES
PAINTS
RUBBERS
POLYURETHANES
ACRYLATES
OZONE
SULFUR DIOXIDE
NITROGEN OXIDES
AMMONIA
CHLORIDES
SAND
STEELS
FIELD TESTS
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA