Technical Paper
An Assessment of Nine Accelerated Atmospheric Corrosion Sites on the Cosmetic Corrosion Performance of the AISI Materials - Interim Report
1991-10-01
912278
A series of painted materials were exposed at nine atmospheric corrosion test sites around the world as part of the AISI/SAE cosmetic corrosion program. The object of the exposure program was to assess the impact of accelerated atmospheric weathering on the cosmetic corrosion performance of the AISI materials and to determine if the accelerated atmospheric environment ranked the performance of materials in the same order as on-vehicle field testing. Accelerated atmospheric weathering was added to the AISI/SAE test program to round out the testing program and provide another “environment” in which to assess cosmetic corrosion. Accelerated weathering is believed to represent the closest test methodology to simulate actual field testing, the environment in which the materials must perform.