Abstract
Directly correlating lifetime to coating composition by using standardized, artificial exposures, or even natural exposure is well-known to be very difficult. Understanding the chemistry and mechanisms of degradation ("bottom-up") is very valuable for understanding how to improve product performance, but does not indicate the likely extension to product lifetime. A scheme is presented showing how such material science knowledge may be used to make quantitative estimates of end-use properties. It provides a means to organize our knowledge of degradation processes and environments, and for predicting coating properties based on simple models based on the physics of failure.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | 2007 AIChE Annual Meeting |
State | Published - 2007 |
Event | 2007 AIChE Annual Meeting - Salt Lake City, UT, United States Duration: Nov 4 2007 → Nov 9 2007 |
Publication series
Name | AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings |
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Other
Other | 2007 AIChE Annual Meeting |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Salt Lake City, UT |
Period | 11/4/07 → 11/9/07 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work is supported by the Danish Natural Sciences Research Council and the Director, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering, of the US Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC03-76SF00098.