Significance and Use

This practice provides a controlled corrosive environment which has been utilized to produce relative corrosion resistance information for specimens of metals and coated metals exposed in a given test chamber.

Prediction of performance in natural environments has seldom been correlated with salt spray results when used as stand alone data.

Correlation and extrapolation of corrosion performance based on exposure to the test environment provided by this practice are not always predictable.

Correlation and extrapolation should be considered only in cases where appropriate corroborating long-term atmospheric exposures have been conducted.

The reproducibility of results in the salt spray exposure is highly dependent on the type of specimens tested and the evaluation criteria selected, as well as the control of the operating variables. In any testing program, sufficient replicates should be included to establish the variability of the results. Variability has been observed when similar specimens are tested in different fog chambers even though the testing conditions are nominally similar and within the ranges specified in this practice.

1. Scope

1.1 This practice covers the apparatus, procedure, and conditions required to create and maintain the salt spray (fog) test environment. Suitable apparatus which may be used is described in Appendix X1.

1.2 This practice does not prescribe the type of test specimen or exposure periods to be used for a specific product, nor the interpretation to be given to the results.

1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.

1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.

ASTM Standards

B368 Test Method for Copper-Accelerated Acetic Acid-Salt Spray (Fog) Testing (CASS Test)

D609 Practice for Preparation of Cold-Rolled Steel Panels for Testing Paint, Varnish, Conversion Coatings, and Related Coating Products

D1193 Specification for Reagent Water

D1654 Test Method for Evaluation of Painted or Coated Specimens Subjected to Corrosive Environments

E70 Test Method for pH of Aqueous Solutions With the Glass Electrode

E691 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to Determine the Precision of a Test Method

G85 Practice for Modified Salt Spray (Fog) Testing

Keywords

controlled corrosive environment; corrosive conditions; determining mass loss; salt spray (fog) exposure: Loading tests--metals/alloys; Mass loss testing; Pitting corrosion; Salt spray (fog) testing; Accelerated aging/testing--salt spray (fog) testing; Controlled testing conditions/environments; Crevice corrosion;

ICS Code

ICS Number Code 77.060 (Corrosion of metals)

DOI: 10.1520/B0117-11

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