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ASTM Selected Technical Papers
Adhesion Measurement of Thin Films, Thick Films, and Bulk Coatings
By
KL Mittal
KL Mittal
1
East Fishkill Facility, IBM Corporation
,
Hopewell Junction, N.Y. 12533
;
symposium chairman and editor
.
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ISBN-10:
0-8031-0272-0
ISBN:
978-0-8031-0272-9
No. of Pages:
412
Publisher:
ASTM International
Publication date:
1978

The ASTM Test for Adhesion or Cohesive Strength of Flame-Sprayed Coatings (C 633-69) is a bond test consisting of coating a flat end face of a 2.5-cm-diameter rod of substrate material, attaching this coating with an epoxy adhesive to the face of another rod, and subjecting the assembly to tensile load normal to the plane of the coating. Flame-sprayed coatings include wire, rod, or powder sprayed by combustion flame, plasma spray, arc gun, and detonation processes. Bond strengths of such coatings range from about 0.05 N/m2 to greater than 0.7 N/m2. A problem with the test method is a tendency for some adhesives to penetrate the porosity of these coatings and thereby influence strength results. An attempt to determine adhesive penetration by testing different thicknesses of coating is described. Tests of bond strength versus thickness of the thinner coatings gave erratic results. To avoid penetration the procedures require a coating thickness minimum of 0.4 mm, and there is a list of recommended adhesives in the standard method. Other related test procedures, as well as round-robin testing which led to the prescribed procedures of ASTM Method C 633-69, also will be described.

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,
H. S.
,
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, WADC TR 59-415,
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06
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Ingham
,
H. S.
and
Shepard
,
A. P.
,
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, Vol.
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,
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,
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,
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3.
Peterson
,
J. D.
,
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, Vol.
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, No.
5
,
05
1969
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4.
Moore
,
D. G.
,
Eubanks
,
A. G.
,
Thornton
,
H. R.
,
Hayes
,
W. D.
, Jr.
, and
Crigler
,
A. W.
, “
Studies of the Particle-Impact Process for Applying Ceramic and Cement Coatings
,” (Final Report),
National Bureau of Standards
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08
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Grisaffe
,
S. J.
, “
Analysis of Shear Bond Strength of Plasma-Sprayed Coatings on Stainless Steel
,” NASA Technical Note TN D-3113,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
,
Cleveland, Ohio
,
11
1965
.
6.
Test for Adherence of Porcelain Enamel to Sheet Metal
,” Bulletin T-17,
Porcelain Enamel Institute
,
Washington, D.C.
,
07
1953
.
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