IMCS 2008 International Marine Coating Summit

Evaluation of Coating Performance

Pukyong National University
Jin-Hwan Park

2008. 10. 30

Lab. of Organic Coatings & Corrosion Control

Contents

1. Introduction

2. Weathering test
3. Acceleration

4. Evaluation of Coating Performance

5. E I S
6. Data analysis

Introduction
Be, maintain highly dielectric property
Highly chemical-resistance

Low moisture absorption and transfer rate

H2O

H2O

H2O

H2O

H2O

O2

H2O

O2

Organic coating
Steel
Optimum
coating thickness

Passivation film

H2O

Weathering test

Outdoor

Spray-on

Appropriate environment condition for seeing the tendency characteristic against the
infrastructure or the paint exposed to oceanic environment

Coating evaluation hour is caught long

Acceleration
NORSOK M-501(Surface Preparation and Protective Coating)
- Paints, thermally sprayed metallic coatings, Passive fire protective coatings
Performance requirements for protective paint systems for offshore and
related structures

Exposure cycle
Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

UV / Condensation
ISO 11507

Day 4

Day 5
Salt spray
ISO 7253

Day 6

Day 7
Low-temp.
Exposure at
(-202) C

The exposure cycle used in this procedure lasts a full week(186h)

Acceleration
Cyclic test

UV radiation

Salt spray

CCT

Weather-o-mete

Thermal cycle

Evaluation of Coating Performance

Acceptable criteria
- Corrosion creep from scribe: less than 3.0 mm
- Blistering (ISO 4628-2): Rating 0
- Chalking (ISO 4628-6): Max. rating 2
- Rusting (ISO 4628-3): Rating 0
- Cracking (ISO 4628-4): Rating 0
- Adhesion (ISO 4624): Min 5.0MPa and max. 50% reduction from original value.

- Overcoatable without mechanical treatment obtaining minimum adhesion of 5MPa.

EIS
- Do not disturb the electrode properties
- Quantitative analysis of coating performance

EIS
Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
complex resistance occurred by resistance, capacitor, inductor
when flowing alternating current across an electrochemical cell
The ratio of potential and current is the impedance of the cell (Z)
at the chosen frequency, according to Ohms law

V0 sin t
V
Z
I I 0 sin(t )
A spectrum obtained by varying the frequency of the applied signal

EIS
Equipment

Frequency Response Analyzer

Counter
electrode

Reference
electrode

Electrochemical interface

Working
electrode
Coating

Electrochemical Cell

Display

EIS
Equivalence circuit of organic coating

Cc
Re
Cdl
Rp
Steel

Rct

Cc : coating capacitance

Rp : Pore resistance
Cdl : double layer capacitance
Rc : Charge transfer resistance

Organic
coating

Data analysis

Imaginary Part(ohm)

Corrosion, effectiveness and life of surface coatings can be investigated

Cc

Nyquist Plot

Re
coating

Cdl

Steel

Re

Defected
organic coating

Rp

interface

Rp
Real Part(ohm)

Measurements
of E I S

Rct

Organic
coating

Rct

Data calculation

Data analysis
Prediction of corrosion possibility

Potential

VS S.C.E (mV)

-700

9mm diameter hole

180um
280um
650um
800um
6mm diameter hole
180um
280um
650um
800um

-800

Possibility of corrosion

-900

-1000

Organic
coating

Full Cathodic protection

-1100
5

10

15

20

25

Cycle (days)

Steel
Polarization scan
Of organic coating

Data diagram

Prediction of corrosion
possibility

Data analysis
Characteristic Impedance aging organic coating

Imaginary Part(ohm)

Bode plot

Nyquist Plot

frequency

Real Part(ohm)

Poor

Aging begins

Good

Excellent

10

Bode plot
Coating impedance, Log Z(cm2 ) at 0.1Hz

Thank you!