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NORSOK PRE-QUALIFICATION
REPORT
Testing in accordance with Norsok Edition 6
February 2012 System No.1

N957130

Testing Carried out on behalf of:-

KCC Corporation
1234 , Bangeo-dong
Dong-Gu
Ulsan
South Korea

Date: 11/10/2012

Copy: 1

Issue No: Issue 1

Authored by:

R.Emery

Project Manager

Exova



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Contents


Page
1. Introduction 4

2. Summary 4
3. Test Method 5
4. Application Details 6
5. Product Identification 7

6. Results 8 10

Appendices 11
Photographs 12
IR Traces 13 15

Appendix A
Test Details 16
Appendix B
Equipment Details 16


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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. Exova was instructed to carry out a program of testing in accordance with NORSOK M-501, Edition 6,
February 2012, system no.1, at the request of:

KCC Corporation
1234 , Bangeo-dong
Dong-Gu
Ulsan
South Korea

1.2. Exova has tested the items supplied by KCC, as sampled in accordance with NORSOK M-501, Edition 6,
February 2012, system no.1.

1.3. Paint system:

Coat 1: Korepox EH2030 - Grey @ 175m nominal dry film thickness
Coat 2: Korepox EH2030 - Yellow @ 175m nominal dry film thickness
Coat 3: Korexane ST1020@ 60m nominal dry film thickness







2. SUMMARY

Test Specification Result
Cyclic Ageing ISO 20340 Pass


The paint system has met the requirements for the CYCLIC UV SALT SPRAY/LOW-TEMP.

The paint system is in full accordance with the requirements in
NORSOK M-501 Edition 6, February 2012 System N
o
1.

















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3. TEST METHOD


3.1. The pre-qualification tests have been executed in accordance with NORSOK M-501, Edition 6, February
2012, NORSOK system number 1. All testing has been carried out in full accordance with the requirements
given in these standards and controlled within the accredited quality system of the laboratory.



3.2. Test program:

Test Applicable standard
Dry film thickness ISO 19840 : 2004
Wet paint density ISO 2811
Non-volatile matter BS EN ISO 3251 : 2008
Ash content ISO 14680-2 : 2000
FTIR In-house method
Adhesion (pull-off) BS EN ISO 4624 : 2003
Cyclic Ageing ISO 20340 : 2009
Blistering ISO 4628-2
Rusting ISO 4628-3
Cracking ISO 4628-4
Chalking ISO 4628-6




































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4. APPLICATION DETAILS:


4.1. Surface preparation:

Date of preparation: 09/01/2012
Substrate: Steel panels
Blast cleaning standard: Blast cleaned to Sa 2 (ISO 8501-1:2007)
Abrasive used: Mix of 1mm, 1.5mm, 2mm grit
Roughness profile: 90m
Water Soluble Salts: 14.3mg/m
Dust/abrasive inclusions: None



4.2. Paint system information:

N957130
Coat 1 Coat 2 Coat 3
Korepox EH2030 Grey Korepox EH2030 Yellow Korexane ST1020
NDFT, m: 175m 175m 60m
Batch N
o
Part A: KC-11025068 KC-11025075 KC-11221015
Batch N
o
Part B: KC-11228096 KC-11228096 KC-11216098



4.3. Application conditions:

Paint Coat 1 Coat 2 Coat 3
Date of application: 10/01/2012 11/01/2012 12/01/2012
Method of application: Spray Spray Spray
Pump: Han Kil HK-731 Han Kil HK-731 Han Kil HK-731
Inlet pressure: 3.5 3.5 3.5
Nozzle orifice: 5:31 5:31 5:19
Fan width: 50 50 50
Mix ratio (volume) 5:1 5:1 5:1
Volume solid: 70 70 60
Thinning(%): 10 10 10
Thinner name 024 024 0624
Batch no. thinner MC-11207082 MC-11207082 MC-11109001
Ambient temperature (
o
C) 11.6 10 8.8
Relative humidity (%) 23.1 16.4 19.3
Steel temperature (
o
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4.4. Dry film thickness measurements:

Paint:
Coat 1 Coat 2 Coat 3
Korepox EH2030 Grey Korepox EH2030 Yellow Korexane ST1020
NDFT (m)
175m 175m 60m

Date of measuring:
10/01/2012
Date of measuring:
11/01/2012
Date of measuring:
12/01/2012
KCC
Panel
No:
Exova Ref No. X High Low Std X High Low Std X High Low Std
4 N957130 3 183 208 155 18.6 398 418 376 15.4 457 469 442 11.9
5 N957130 4 188 213 148 23.5 401 427 359 27.2 459 487 422 26.5
8 N957130 5 170 185 157 11.6 420 457 386 22.9 477 498 455 17.6
11 N957130 6 164 179 147 13.6 351 376 325 18.1 417 433 400 12.2
Accumulated Nominal
DFT m
175 350 410
Accumulated
DFT m 20%
140 - 210 280 - 420 328 - 492

Note: -

The above data (4.0.) was supplied by the client to Exova.
The above paint system was applied by the client at their premises and was witnessed by an Exova coatings
division representative.

5. Product Identification:

5.1 Results:

Sample Batch number
Non-volatile(%)
BS EN ISO 3251
Ash content
(%)
Wet density
(g/cm)
BS EN ISO
2811
Korepox EH2030 Grey Part A KC-11025068 81.63 49.10 1.44
Korepox EH2030 Yellow Part A KC-11025075 82.04 46.90 1.45
Korepox EH2030 Part B KC-11228096 67.51 0.00 0.97
Korexane ST1020 Part A KC-11221015 72.89 36.60 1.33
Korexane ST1020 Part B KC-11216098 92.61 12.10 1.12





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6. DETAILED RESULTS

6.1. SUMMARY OF RESULTS

Test Parameter Standard Panel N
o

Disbonding Blistering Rusting Cracking Chalking Adhesion
RESULT
NORSOK-std ISO 4628-2 ISO 4628-3 ISO 4628-4 ISO 4628-6 ISO 4624
(acceptable/not
acceptable)
mm Density (Size) Ri Density (Size) Rating MPa
Req. Res. Req. Res. Req. Res. Req. Res. Req. Res. Req.
Mean
Result
Cyclic Ageing ISO 20340
N957130 3 8.0 2.75 0(0) 0 0 0 0(0) 0 2 0 5 7.4 Pass
N957130 4 8.0 2.46 0(0) 0 0 0 0(0) 0 2 0 5 9.3 Pass
N957130 5 8.0 2.86 0(0) 0 0 0 0(0) 0 2 0 5 7.3 Pass
Adhesion test
(overcoat)
ISO 4624
N957130 - 3 - - - - - - - - - - 5 7.0 Pass
N957130 - 4 - - - - - - - - - - 5 8.4 Pass
N957130 - 5 - - - - - - - - - - 5 7.1 Pass
Adhesion test
(unexposed)
ISO4624 N957130 - 6 Mean - - - - - - - - - 5 9.1 Pass
TOTAL EVALUATION
Pass

Corrosion from scribe shall be less than or equal to 3.0mm for coatings systems with a zinc based primer, or less than or equal to 8.0mm for coatings
systems with a primer that is non-zinc based.

The minimum adhesion value of 5 MPa or maximum reduction of 50% of the original measured value.

The adhesion result for the unexposed test panel is the mean value of 3 results.





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6.2 Adhesion Results

Test
Parameter
Panel Number Result (MPa) Mode of failure
Cyclic Ageing
(ISO
20340:2009)
N957130 - 3
6.8 100%B
7.8 100%B
7.5 100%B
N957130 - 4
8.9 80%B 5%C 15%D
9.4 100%B
9.6 85%B 5%D 10%-/Y
N957130 - 5
7.1 95%B 5%D
7.4 100%B
7.4 100%B
Adhesion test
overcoat
(ISO 4624
N957130 - 3
7.0 100% B
7.2 100% B
6.9 100% B
N957130 - 4
8.0 100% B
9.2 100% B
8.0 100% B
N957130 - 5
6.5 100% B
7.9 100% B
7.0 70% B, 15% C/D, 15% D/E
Adhesion test
unexposed
(ISO 4624)
N957130 - 6
9.8 70%B 30%C/D
9.0 100%B
8.5 100%B

* Requirement for qualification testing: there shall be no adhesive failure between the substrate and the first coat
unless the pull-off value is 5MPa or more.




A/B Fracture between the steel surface and 1
st
coat (shop primer).
B Fracture in the 1
st
coat.
B/C Fracture between the 1
st
and 2
nd
coat.
C Fracture in the 2
nd
coat.
C/D Fracture between the 2
nd
and 3
rd
coat.
D Fracture in the 3
rd
coat
D/E Fracture between the 3
rd
and 4
th
coat.
E Fracture in the 4
th
coat.
-/Y Fracture between the outer coat and the glue.













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6.3 Corrosion Results

Test
Parameter
Panel
Number
Disbondment Measurements (mm)
Cyclic
Ageing (ISO
20340:2009)
N957130 - 3
5.91 7.14 7.51 7.18 7.23 7.07 7.04 6.3 7.66
Corrosion creep = 2.75
N957130 - 4
6.26 6.38 6.35 6.6 6.67 6.44 5.79 6.64 6.68
Corrosion creep = 2.46
N957130 - 5
7.55 7.36 6.66 7.89 6.11 7.53 7.53 7.54 6.75
Corrosion creep = 2.86


Corrosion creep was calculated from the average of 9 measurements of the maximum width of the
corrosion across the scribe. The maximum width is measured in the middle of the scribe, and four points on
each side of the middle, 5mm between each point.
Corrosion creep (M) is calculated as:
(C-W)/2

Where: C is the average of the nine width measurements of corrosion across the scribe, and W is the
original width of scribe.
Normally the disbondment width and the width between the corrosion edges is the same, but sometimes it
is possible to lift the coating system from the substrate in a larger distance from the scratch than the
corrosion edge. The width between the corrosion edges across the scratch is reported as corrosion creep
width.







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Appendices

Figure 1; Cyclic Ageing Photographs


Figure 2; Infrared scan - Coat 1 (Base)


Figure 3; Infrared scan - Coat 2 (Base)


Figure 4; Infrared scan - Coat 1 & 2 (Additive)


Figure 5; Infrared scan - Coat 3 (Base)


Figure 6; Infrared scan Coat 3 (Additive)


Appendix A ; General test information


Appendix B Equipment information



































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FIGURE 1: Cyclic Ageing - Photographs



N957130-3 N957130-4





N957130-5 N957130-6 (Ref)




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FIGURE 1 continued: Cyclic Ageing - After Over-Coating - Photographs




N957130-3 N957130-4





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FIGURE 2: Korepox EH2030 Part A Grey

POLYM3672: EH2030 Part A Grey - KC-11025068
50
60
70
80
90
%
T
1000 2000 3000 4000
Wavenumbers (cm-1)


FIGURE 3: Korepox EH2030 Part A - Yellow

POLYM3704: EH2030 Part A Yellow - KC-11025075
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
100
%
T
1000 2000 3000 4000
Wavenumbers (cm-1)





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FIGURE 4: Korepox EH2030 Part B

POLYM3705: EH2030 Part B - KC-11228096
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
100
%
T
1000 2000 3000 4000
Wavenumbers (cm-1)


FIGURE 5: Korexane ST1020 Part A - White

POLYM3706: ST1020 Part A White - KC -11221015
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
%
T
1000 2000 3000 4000
Wavenumbers (cm-1)






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FIGURE 6: Korexane ST1020 Part B

POLYM3707: ST1020 Part B - KC-11216098
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
%
T
1000 2000 3000 4000
Wavenumbers (cm-1)




























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APPENDIX A:

Cyclic Ageing:- scribed panels are subjected to 25 cycles (4200 hours) which consist of (per cycle):

72 hours UV exposure in accordance to ISO 11507:2007
72 hours salt spray in accordance with ISO 9227
24 hours exposed to low temperature (-20
O
C 2)

Measured DFT:-

All panels were checked after each application to confirm correct dry film thickness

All panels tested are within the limitations set for the specification.

Adhesion Testing:-

The pull off testing was carried out in accordance with ISO 4624. The dollies used had a contact area of
3.14cm
2
, and the glue used was 3M Scotch-Weld DP460.

The uncertainty of the pull-off test method is 10% for adhesion values less than 20 MPa and 15% for
adhesion values greater than 20 MPa.

General:-

All work sheets are available for inspection if required, and will be retained for a minimum of 6 years.

For all exposure tests three test panels were used.

Panels sizes were 75mm x 150mm x 6mm.

Panels were subjected to 2 weeks reconditioning upon completion of cyclic ageing test before adhesion
evaluations were carried out.
APPENDIX B

Equipment Machine Reference Serial Number
QUV machine
CLQV01 05-13722-73
CLQV02 83-1702-24
CLQV03 97-9739-600E
CLQV04 05-13723-73
CLQV05
09-3101-77-SE
CLQV06
09-3088-77-SE
CLQV07
07-14494-75-SE
Saltspray cabinet
CLSS03
CWL/47190
CLSS04
CWL/98397
Thermotron climate control cabinet
CLTH01 36240
CLTH02 34622
Portable adhesion tester
Model GM01 164
DFT gauge
Elcometer 456 T456F65
Pressure cup
Sheen 1510 092789/4
Analytical balance
CLBL02 U25075
Furnace
CWF 12/13 20-402756
FTIR FTIR BX Spectrum
II (Perkin Elmer)
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Report Signatories and Approval


Author



R.Emery Project Manager, Marine & Protective Coatings, Exova UK
(For and on behalf of Exova (UK) Ltd)
Approver



Daniel Fielding Laboratory Manager (Exova Coatings)
(For and on behalf of Exova (UK) Ltd)






The results contained within this report have been reported in an abbreviated format. The test data and result
sheets containing more detailed information in accordance with the technical works procedures or standards used
are held at Exova as part of the accredited quality assurance system. Opinions and interpretations expressed
herein are outside the scope of the UKAS accreditation of this laboratory.