Corrosion Control Through Organic Coatings

This book unites paint formulation knowledge with engineering concerns of industrial painting. It explains the general composition of a coating, and the two most important components, binders and pigments, are reviewed in detail. Engineering aspects such as surface preparation are reviewed, emphasizing the environmental impact of commonly used techniques (dry- and wet-abrasive blasting, hydrojetting). Theory and practice of accelerated testing of coatings are covered. This edition includes new chapters on protection mechanisms, powder coatings, film formation, application technologies, and corrosion-induced degradation. It also expands coverage of polysiloxanes and degradation mechanisms.

Ole Oystein Knudsen received his MSc in chemical engineering at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1990, and his PhD in 1998 from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) with a thesis on cathodic disbonding. Since 1998, he has been working with research on coating degradation and corrosion at SINTEF. In 2008, he also became an Adjunct Professor at NTNU, where he teaches courses on protective coatings. Dr. Knudsen lives in Trondheim.

Amy Forsgren received her chemical engineering education at the University of Cincinnati (USA) in 1986. She then did research in coatings for the paper industry for three years before moving to Detroit. Michigan. While there, she spent 6 years in anticorrosion coatings research at Ford Motor Company, before returning to Sweden in 1996 to lead the protective coatings program at the Swedish Corrosion Institute. She is now working in the water and wastewater industry at Xylem Inc. (formerly ITT Water & Wastewater). Mrs. Forsgren lives in Stockholm with her family.