PERFORMANCE OF COATING SYSTEMS IN INDUSTRIAL ATMOSPHERES ON THE ARABIAN GULF

Authors
CAREW J ALHASHEM A RIAD WT OTHMAN M ISLAM M
Citation
J. Carew et al., PERFORMANCE OF COATING SYSTEMS IN INDUSTRIAL ATMOSPHERES ON THE ARABIAN GULF, Materials performance, 33(12), 1994, pp. 24-31
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Materials Science, Characterization & Testing
Journal title
Materials performance → ACNP
ISSN journal
00941492
Volume
33
Issue
12
Year of publication
1994
Pages
24 - 31
Database
ISI
SICI code
0094-1492(1994)33:12<24:POCSII>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The performance and durability of 11 industrial coating systems were s tudied for two and a half years at five weathering sites in the indust rial belt of Shuaiba Area, Kuwait, in the Arabian Gulf. Coating perfor mance was related to prevailing industrial atmospheric conditions and compared with their behavior in laboratory accelerated tests, Experien ce has shown that under conditions like those in Kuwaiti industrial ar eas, degradation of coatings has tended to be faster than in the Weste rn countries for which most of these coating systems were developed.