Failure Analysis of Paints and Coatings provides the reader with an understanding of how to investigate, and solve, the premature failures of industrial coatings.

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
• And more!

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.

Contents

1. General Principles of Coating Formulation
2. Why Coatings Work and Why They Fail
3. Pigments
4. Additives and Solvents
5. Coating Types and Common Failure Modes
6. Application-Related Problems
7. Field Methods
8. Analytical Methods
9. Physical Methods
10. Examples of Coating Failures
11. The Repair of Coating Failures

Index

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