Paint and Coating Testing Manual: Fourteenth Edition of the Gardner-Sward Handbook

Foreword......Page 4
Acknowledgments......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
Regulation of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Paints and Coatings......Page 20
Bituminous Coatings......Page 31
Cellulose Esters......Page 39
Drying Oils......Page 42
Driers and Metallic Soaps......Page 46
Acrylic Polymers as Coatings Binders......Page 53
Alkyd and Polyesters......Page 67
Amino Resins (Reaction Products of Melamine, Urea, etc. with Formaldehyde and Alcohols)......Page 74
Ceramic Coatings......Page 82
Epoxy Resins in Coatings......Page 88
Phenolics......Page 93
Polyamides......Page 99
Polyurethane Coatings......Page 103
Silicone Coatings......Page 109
Vinyl Resins for Coatings......Page 113
Miscellaneous Materials and Coatings......Page 122
Plasticizers......Page 128
Solvents......Page 137
White Pigments......Page 169
Black Pigments......Page 189
Colored Organic Pigments......Page 200
Inorganic Colored Pigments......Page 219
Ceramic Pigments......Page 224
Extender Pigments......Page 227
Metallic Pigments......Page 233
Pearlescent Pigments......Page 239
Inorganic Anti-Corrosive Pigments......Page 248
Oil Absorption of Pigments*......Page 262
Bactericides, Fungicides, and Algicides......Page 270
Thickeners and Rheology Modifiers......Page 277
Density and Specific Gravity......Page 296
Particle-Size Measurements......Page 312
Rheology and Viscometry......Page 340
Surface Energetics......Page 376
Solubility Parameters......Page 390
Cure: The Process and Its Measurement......Page 413
Film Preparation for Coating Tests......Page 421
Measurement of Film Thickness......Page 430
Drying Time......Page 445
Color and Light......Page 452
Gloss......Page 475
Hiding Power......Page 486
Mass Color and Tinting Strength of Pigments......Page 512
Adhesion......Page 517
Abrasion Resistance*......Page 529
Dynamic Mechanical and Tensile Properties......Page 538
Flexibility and Toughness*......Page 551
Hardness......Page 559
Stress Phenomena in Organic Coatings......Page 589
Slip Resistance......Page 604
Prevention of Metal Corrosion with Protective Overlayers......Page 612
Natural Weathering......Page 622
Accelerated Weathering......Page 646
Biological Deterioration of Paint Films......Page 657
Chemical Resistance......Page 665
Testing Coatings for Heat Resistance and Flame Retardance......Page 670
Water-Resistance Testing of Coatings......Page 680
Aerospace and Aircraft Coatings......Page 685
Architectural Coatings......Page 698
Artists\' Paints......Page 708
Automotive Product Tests......Page 713
Can Coatings......Page 719
Masonry......Page 727
Pipeline Coatings......Page 733
Sealants......Page 737
Traffic Marking Materials......Page 743
Water-Repellent Coatings......Page 750
Analysis of Paint......Page 754
The Analysis of Coatings Failures......Page 768
Atomic Absorption, Emission, and Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectroscopy......Page 782
Chromatography......Page 788
Electron Microscopy......Page 814
Infrared Spectroscopy......Page 825
Methods for Polymer Molecular Weight Measurement......Page 834
Coatings Characterization by Thermal Analysis......Page 840
Ultraviolet/Visible Spectroscopy......Page 864
X-Ray Analysis......Page 870
Paint and Coatings Specifications and Other Standards......Page 888
Appendix......Page 891
Author Index......Page 894
Subject Index......Page 895