Coatings Development and Characterization Lab

LAB DESCRIPTION AND CAPABILITIES

• Functional coating development for corrosion protection

• Characterization and failure analysis of coatings

• Computational simulations on coating behaviors

• Coating’s service lifetime prediction

MAJOR EQUIPMENT AND SPECIFIC MINOR EQUIPMENT

• Potentiostat (Gamry Reference 600 & Gamry Reference 600+)

• Fluorescence microscopy (OLYMPUS BX63): supplied with digital color/monochrome camera and the deconvolution module for 3D imaging

• Convection oven (VWR)

• Vacuum oven (Sheldon)

• Ultrasonic bath (Branson) & Ultrasonic processor (Cole Parmer)

• Compact centrifuge (Corning)

• Faraday cage (Gamry)

• Draw-down bars (BYK)

• Gloss meter, thickness meter, pendulum hardness tester, cross-cut adhesion tester, cylindrical mandrel flexibility tester, conical mandrel flexibility tester, heavy duty impact tester (BYK)

DELIVERABLES

• Novel functional coatings with improved anti-corrosion property and extended service lifetime

• Reliable techniques to evaluate coating’s electrochemical, physical, and mechanical property

• Models to predict coating’s behavior

• Acceleration tests and models to predict coating’s service lifetime

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