April 2020 Vol. 2

PCN – Communicating News In Protective Coatings Globally in Real TimeLeading Source of Industry News on Protective Coatings for Oil & Gas, Pipelines, Marine and ConstructionNEWSMAKERS: * Akzo Nobel * Carboline * ExcelPlas * Hempel * International Paints * Jotun * NACE * PPG * 

Group Vice President Changes in Hempel
https://asiapacificcoatingsjournal.com/news/group-vice-president-changes-in-hempel

Corrosion School Now Online Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/online-corrosion-school-webinar-series-tickets-101232864222

Carboline President Chris Tiernay on Leadership during COVID-19 
https://naceinternational.podbean.com/e/carboline-president-chris-tiernay-on-leadership-during-covid-19/

NACE Postpones CORROSION 2020 Conference to June 14-18, 2020
https://inspectioneering.com/news/2020-03-10/9089/nace-postpones-corrosion-2020-conference-to-june-14-18-2020

AkzoNobel Focuses on COVID-19 Response
https://www.coatingsworld.com/contents/view_breaking-news/2020-03-31/akzonobel-focuses-on-covid-19-response/

Hempel Group Product Manager for Oil and Gas Discusses Coatings for Offshore Structures have Suffered from Early Coating Failure
https://aogdigital.com/news/477024-prevention-is-better-than-cure

Premium Protective Coatings Test Laboratory in Australia
ExcelPlas Coating Testing Labs (Melbourne) are a leading NATA laboratory for evaluating protective coatings using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) to measure water ingression and detect early signs of coating failure, before being visually manifested.  ExcelPlas also has UV test chambers running to assess chalking and UV degradationand environmental chambers to evaluate coated test panels under total immersion conditions.
http://www.excelplas.com/coatings-testing

An Exploratory Data Analysis Of Pipeline Coating Degradation
http://cloud.excelplas.com/s/JrjrJlez6x9RA7n#pdfviewer

Functionalized Graphene Oxide-Epoxy Phenolic Novolac Nanocomposite: an Efficient Anticorrosion Coating on Mild Steel in Saline Medium
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs42114-020-00142-8

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This newsletter is brought to you by ExcelPlas Coating Labs (http://www.excelplas.com/)

ExcelPlas Labs provides independent testing, analysis and investigation on protective coatings to prevent corrosion.

ExcelPlas has extensive analytical capabilities for testing of Protective Coatings and Insulation Consulting for major oil and gas companies.

We conduct corrosion surveys, coating sampling, coating analysis and testing to ensure coating specifications for a wide range of onshore and offshore clients in Australia and the Asia-Pacific Region.

ExcelPlas Labs offer a full range of coating testing and analytical services to Australia’s mining, oil, gas and infrastructure sectors.

Forensic analysis for undertaking various coating based failure investigations and problem solving.

ExcelPlas Undertakes Analysis & Testing of Polymer Coating Systems including:
• Epoxy Protective Coatings
• Epoxy-Phenolic Protective Coatings
• Fusion bonded epoxy (FBE) 
• Dual-Layer Fusion bonded epoxy (DLFBE)
• Liquid applied epoxy (LAE)
• Abrasion resistant overcoat (ARO)
• Three-layer PE (3LPE)
• Multi-component liquid spray  (MCL)
• Heat shrink sleeves (HSS)

Testing on Coatings that ExcelPlas can Undertake includes:
• Coating identification by Infra-red Analysis (FTIR)
• Degree of Cure by Thermal Analysis (DSC)
• Coating Filler Identification by X-ray Analysis (EDS/XRD)
• Coating Microstructure by Embedding, Polishing and Optical Microscopy (OM)
• Coating Thermal Stability and Composition by Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA)

DSC – Phase transition/volatiles / Tg / degree of cure/characterisation
TGA – Volatile compounds, inorganic mass % mix ratio
Element mapping for chlorides on paint flakes
Microscopy -Count layers and thickness of layers
-Assess porosity and voids
-Check distribution and orientation of filler particles

Condition monitoring and analysis of corrosion prevention coatings (epoxies, epoxy-phenolics)
http://www.excelplas.com/

Testing of Epoxy Coatings (LAE, FJC, FBE), heat shrink sleeves and tapes, barrier tapes and meshes.
http://www.excelplas.com/