Failure Analysis of Paints and Coatings is intended to provide the reader with an understanding of how to investigate, and solve, the premature failures of industrial coatings. The cracking, peeling, and blistering of coatings can result in widespread damage to the substrates which they are intended to protect, and can result in serious financial consequences. A sound knowledge of coatings chemistry, coupled with a firm understanding of the many field and laboratory techniques available for analyzing such problems, will aid the investigator in solving such failures.
Beginning with a basic review of coatings technology and the chemistry of commonly encountered coatings types, this book :
• Looks at both the field and laboratory practices leading to the elucidation of failure mechanisms
• Gives both theory and applications
• Discusses both the advantages and limitations of various analytical techniques
• Discusses the thought process involved in solving coating failures
• Includes step by step examples of case studies
Written by an analytical chemist and coatings consultant with eighteen years of experience solving coatings problems for a wide range of industries, this title will be essential reading for coatings chemists, corrosion engineers, paint technicians, and consultants in the paints and coatings industry.
Praise for this book includes :
"...an admirable job of filling a serious gap in the coatings literature...this excellent volume delivers more than is promised in the title." —Clifford Schoff, PPG Industries, Inc., Allison Park, PA, USA
"It is well deserving of a place in the library of all paint chemists and formulators." —Clive H. Hare, Coating System Design, Inc., Lakeville, MA, USA
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 : General Principles of Coating Formulation
Chapter 2 : Why Coatings Work and Why They Fail
Chapter 3 : Pigments
Chapter 4 : Additives and Solvents
Chapter 5 : Coating Types and Common Failure Modes
Chapter 6 : Application-Related Problems
Chapter 7 : Field Methods
Chapter 8 : Analytical Methods
Chapter 9 : Physical Methods
Chapter 10 : Examples of Coating Failures
Chapter 11 : The Repair of Coating Failures
Index
