BS 3900-C5:1992
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Methods of test for paints. Tests associated with paint film formation Determination of film thickness
Hardcopy , PDF
15-12-1997
English
28-02-1992
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National foreword
Committees responsible
Method
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Required supplementary information
4 Number and location of test areas
5 Method No. 1 - Determination of dry film thickness
by calculation from the ratio of dry film mass to
dry film thickness
6 Method No. 2 - Measurement of dry film thickness by
micrometer method
7 Method No. 3 - Measurement of dry film thickness by
the dial gauge method
8 Method No. 4 - Measurement of dry film thickness by
the profilometric method
9 Method No. 5 - Measurement of dry film thickness:
microscope methods
10 Method No. 6 - Measurement of dry film thickness by
non-destructive instrumental methods
11 Method No. 7 - Measurement of wet film thickness
12 Test report
Annex
A Required supplementary information
Tables
1 Methods of film thickness measurement
2 Cutting tool edge angle
Figures
1 Method of preparing specimens for measurement of dry
film thickness according to microscope method 5A
2 Diagrammatic representation of the wedge cut
3 Sectioned view of incised painted specimen
4 Typical image as seen in the microscope
5 Typical wheel gauge
6 Typical comb gauge
Details seven methods for determination of film thickness using destructive and non-destructive tests. Includes methods for dry and wet films.
| Committee |
STI/10
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes BS 3900: PtC5: 1975
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| DocumentType |
Standard
|
| Pages |
22
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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| SupersededBy |
| ISO 1514:2016 | Paints and varnishes — Standard panels for testing |
| ISO 3543:2000 | Metallic and non-metallic coatings Measurement of thickness Beta backscatter method |
| ISO 4518:1980 | Metallic coatings Measurement of coating thickness Profilometric method |
| ISO 2178:2016 | Non-magnetic coatings on magnetic substrates Measurement of coating thickness Magnetic method |
| ISO 8503-4:2012 | Preparation of steel substrates before application of paints and related products — Surface roughness characteristics of blast-cleaned steel substrates — Part 4: Method for the calibration of ISO surface profile comparators and for the determination of surface profile — Stylus instrument procedure |
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