- Author
- Roberts, A. G.
- Title
- Organic Coatings: Properties, Selection, and Use.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
- NBS BSS 007, February 1968, 202 p.
- Keywords
- coatings | specifications | fire retardants | lacquers | latex | paints | resins | substrates | corrosion inhibition | synthetic resins
- Identifiers
- organic coatings; pigments; surface preparation; varnish; water-thinned
- Abstract
- This publication was prepared to fill the need for a comprehensive, unifying treatise in the field of organic coatings. Besides presenting practical information on the properties, selection, and use of organic coatings (and certain inorganic coatings), it provides basic principles in a number of important areas such as polymer structure, coatings formulation, pigment function, use of thinners, coating system compatibility, and theory of corrosion. Each chapter deals with a major area of the coatings field, including types of coatings, properties of synthetic resins, selection of coating systems, storage and safety, application methods, and surface preparation and pretreatment. There is also a consolidating chapter with illustrative examples of solutions to typical coatings problems. Interrelationships among the various areas of information are indicated through appropriate cross-referencing in the text. Specific references to Federal, Military, and other specifications are given where pertinent, and an entire chapter is devoted to a quick guide and summary of Federal specifications for organic coating materials. Finally, a selected bibliography and a comprehensive index are provided. While written primarily to meet the informational needs of the engineer, architect, maintenance superintendent, and responsible coatings procurement officer, the treatise is sufficiently broad in scope to serve as a general manual, a concise text, or a convenient reference source in the field of organic coatings.