Weathering
News Production & Lab
Weathering technology will continue to evolve with better environmental controls
We spoke to Sean Fowler about the latest developments in weathering chamber technology and his assessment of how the sector will evolve in the future.
News Application Areas
Enhanced weather resistance of coated textiles
A new paper describes nano-ceria and nano-zirconia reinforced polyurethane nanocomposite-based coated textiles with an enhanced weather resistance.
News Application Areas
Enhancing the weathering durability of wood
Reseachers have studied the durability enhancement of wood by using bark extracts as natural UV absorbers in waterborne acrylic coating.
News Markets & Companies
Atlas expands its German weathering testing laboratory
Atlas has announced the expansion of the Atlas Weathering Services Group Testing Laboratory in Linsengericht-Altenhasslau, Germany, to provide faster solar simulation testing.
News Production & Lab
Enhanced weathering performance of epoxy ZnO nanocomposite coatings
A new paper aims at improving the weathering performance of an epoxy coating via surface treatment of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles with different silane coupling agents.
News Production & Lab
Challenges in weathering testing
A major challenge in weathering and corrosion testing is the difficulty in developing test protocols that yield results that are well-correlated to outdoor exposures, says Andy Francis, marketing director...
News Coatings Technologies
Weathering, salt spray corrosion and mar resistance mechanism of clay (nano-platelet) reinforced polyurethane nanocomposite coatings
In an current work physical, structural and chemical aspects have been investigated for PU and PU-nanoclay coatings. Nanoclay protects PU chains and functional groups against degradation.
News Coatings Technologies
Performance of silane-based surface treatments for protecting degraded historic concrete
Several silane-based materials were evaluated for their protection effect on historic concrete. Different material showed different performance. Some material may lead to preservation damage.