Protective coatings

Examples of methods that we use are:

• ISO 12944 and ISO 20340 for qualification and classification in C classes.
• Accelerated testing according to for instance ACT (previously called VICT, a method used by Volvo Car and Scania Trucks), VDA.
• Out-door exposures at Bohus-Malmön according to Swedish specifications for steel structures

Chemical and other analyses we use are for example:

• FTIR
• GC-MS (Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry)
• LC-MS-MS (Liquid Chromatography with double Mass Spectrometry)
• SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy)
• Color measurements (CIE Lab etc.)
• AFM, gloss etc.
• Depth profiling with planar microtome