{"id":324,"date":"2022-11-17T20:22:58","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T20:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/public.ksc.nasa.gov\/corrosion\/?page_id=324"},"modified":"2022-11-17T20:25:44","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T20:25:44","slug":"physical-and-chemical-testing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/public.ksc.nasa.gov\/corrosion\/physical-and-chemical-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Physical and Chemical Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Corrosion Engineering Laboratory and the other laboratories across the Kennedy Space Center have the facilities, equipment, and experienced personnel to perform a large variety of materials-related testing beyond corrosion testing. Often corrosion testing is performed in tandem with mechanical and chemical testing based on the larger program needs. The Corrosion Engineering Laboratory can act as a single source to provide test results beyond corrosion results should other test methods be needed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Testing provided directly by the Corrosion Engineering Laboratory in tandem with corrosion testing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Coating testing: thickness, hardness, pull or peel strength adhesion, color, gloss, solar emissivity, and reflectivity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Stress corrosion testing: Bent beam, U-bend, C-ring, and tensile type specimens in accelerated or long-term atmospheric test environments.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Tensile testing: Fatigue, stress, compression, lap shear, adhesion. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Chemical interface characteristics and degradation: FT-IR, SEM, XPS, and surface hydrophobicity via contact angle.   <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    Testing provided indirectly by the Corrosion Engineering Laboratory if in tandem with corrosion testing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE): CT scanning, X-ray, dye penetrant, ultrasound, and terahertz. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Specialty Testing: Vibration, vacuum, electrostatic, electrical, conductivity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>
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