Paint and Coating Testing Manual: Fourteenth Edition of the Gardner-Sward Handbook (Astm Manual Series)

The well-respected Gardner-Sward Handbook reflects the many changes in the paints and coatings industry. Seventy-eight chapters cover:Current industry regulationsMain polymeric species, colorants, special pigments, extenders, and additives used in the industry todayAnalyses used to dissect and analyze a coatingInstruments used in the industryProducts of the industry and how they are used and tested. 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 The well-respected Gardner-Sward Handbook reflects the many changes in the paints and coatings industry. Seventy-eight chapters Current industry regulations Main polymeric species, colorants, special pigments, extenders, and additives used in the industry today Analyses used to dissect and analyze a coating Instruments used in the industry Products of the industry and how they are used and tested.