Joint Test Protocol: Environmentally Friendly Zirconium Oxide Pretreatment Demonstration

Abstract

There is a need to implement innovative and cost-effective replacement technologies to address the multiple health, safety, and compliance issues associated with the use of zinc phosphate and chromate/chrome containing conversion coatings while maintaining military readiness for national defense. The new technology must be compatible with original equipment manufacturer/depot infrastructure to and with the current coatings and substrates used by the Department of Defense, and have corrosion performance equivalent or better than current pretreatment technology. The objective of this program is to demonstrate a novel zirconium-based pretreatment that will be environmentally acceptable, cost effective, and perform equal to baseline pretreatments for multimetal application. The demonstration will be on a military asset coated and compatible with the existing chemical agent-resistant coating system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA592069

Entities

People

  • Fred L. Lafferman

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Chemistry
  • Chromium Compounds
  • Coatings
  • Corrosion
  • Corrosion Inhibition
  • Corrosion Resistance
  • Department Of Defense
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Governments
  • Materials
  • Metals
  • Performance Tests
  • Substrates
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Zirconium Oxides

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Surface Coatings Technology.