SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF PAINTED SURFACES.

Abstract

Eight paints were coated on each of three materials--aluminum, brass, and steel. Diffuse reflectance was determined with a Beckman DK-2A spectrophotometer for six replicates of each combination of paint and material. Measurements covered the wavelength region from 350 to 2,650 millimicrons. Variation in reflectance among the six replicates of each combination of paint and material decreased as additional coats of paint were applied through the third coat of paint. Exposure to weathering for eight weeks tended to decrease reflectance in the visible and near infrared wavelengths and to increase reflectance in the longer wavelengths near 2,400 millimicrons. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0426147

Entities

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Advanced Materials
  • Aluminum
  • Engineered Materials
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Metamaterials
  • Plasmonic Materials
  • Plasmonic Metamaterials
  • Reflectance
  • Spectrophotometers
  • Weathering

Fields of Study

  • Agricultural and Food sciences
  • Physics

Readers

  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Pavement Materials Engineering.
  • Spectroscopy.