Salt Spray Test
The salt spray test (or salt fog test) is a standardized and popular corrosion test method, used to check corrosion resistance of materials and surface coatings. Usually, the materials to be tested are metallic (although stone, ceramics, and polymers may also be tested) and finished with a surface coating which is intended to provide a degree of corrosion protection to the underlying metal.
Salt spray testing is an accelerated corrosion test that produces a corrosive attack to coated samples in order to evaluate (mostly comparatively) the suitability of the coating for use as a protective finish. The appearance of corrosion products (rust or other oxides) is evaluated after a pre-determined period of time. Test duration depends on the corrosion resistance of the coating; generally, the more corrosion resistant the coating is, the longer the period of testing before the appearance of corrosion or rust.
Salt spray testing is an accelerated corrosion test that produces a corrosive attack to coated samples in order to evaluate (mostly comparatively) the suitability of the coating for use as a protective finish. The appearance of corrosion products (rust or other oxides) is evaluated after a pre-determined period of time. Test duration depends on the corrosion resistance of the coating; generally, the more corrosion resistant the coating is, the longer the period of testing before the appearance of corrosion or rust.
IGC PRACTICE - A
The Oxalic Acid Etch Test is used for acceptance of
wrought or cast austenitic stainless steel material but not for
rejection of material.
This test is intended to be used in connection with other evaluation tests described in these practices to provide a rapid method for identifying qualitatively those specimens that are certain to be free of susceptibility to rapid intergranular attack in these other tests. Such specimens have low corrosion rates in the various hot acid tests which require from 15 to 240 h of exposure. These specimens are identified by means of their etch structures, which are classified according to the criteria.
This test is intended to be used in connection with other evaluation tests described in these practices to provide a rapid method for identifying qualitatively those specimens that are certain to be free of susceptibility to rapid intergranular attack in these other tests. Such specimens have low corrosion rates in the various hot acid tests which require from 15 to 240 h of exposure. These specimens are identified by means of their etch structures, which are classified according to the criteria.
IGC PRACTICE - E
This practice describes the procedure by which the
copper–copper sulfate–16 % sulfuric acid test is conducted to
determine the susceptibility of austenitic stainless steels to
intergranular attack. The presence or absence of intergranular
corrosion in this test is not necessarily a measure of the
performance of the material in other corrosive media. The test
does not provide a basis for predicting resistance to other forms
of corrosion, such as general corrosion, pitting, or stresscorrosion
cracking.
