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PPG Announces New Leadership Appointments
https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/ppg-announces-leadership-appointments-170100930.html
SSPC Announces 2020 Structure Protective Coating Award Winners
https://www.sspc.org/news-2020-structure-awards/
Hempel Publish Protective Services Brochure for Protective Coatings
https://www.hempel.com/-/media/files/pdf/hempel-services/hempel-protective-services.ashx
New Highly Durable Epoxy Resin as Anticorrosive Coating for Carbon Steel in 3% NaCl
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/app.49003
Whitewash UV coatings preserved stockpiled Keystone XL pipes
https://www.ogj.com/pipelines-transportation/article/14074380/whitewash-uv-coatings-preserved-stockpiled-keystone-xl-pipes
New Highly Functionalized Epoxy as an Anti-corrosive Material for Carbon Steel: Computational (DFT, MDS), surface (SEM-EDS) and electrochemical (OCP, PDP, EIS) studies
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167732219364797
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/