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performance for samples that failed during the length of exposure but it could not be used for<br />

samples that did not fail. The percentage of delaminated area A del was calculated using Equation<br />

6.1.1 at the time when C dl showed an increase. Although both parameters are related, a clear<br />

correlation between the visual TTF <strong>and</strong> the A del cannot be extracted, suggesting that for the<br />

purpose of this experiment, the delaminated area method is also a weak parameter to measure<br />

coating performance.<br />

Artificial neural networks (ANN) were used to predict visual TTF based only on phase angle<br />

information. The predicted TTF values for the samples tested were calculated previously <strong>and</strong><br />

can be seen in Table 6.2. The information obtained by ANN correlates with the visual TTF with<br />

an R 2 of 0.79, Figure 6.13. The value of R 2 was calculated for only the samples that failed<br />

before 720 hours as was done for C dl . Although the R 2 for ANN is smaller than that of C dl , ANN<br />

provided a correlation with the visual TTF even for samples that did not fail. Also, ANN<br />

parameter gave a predictive time to failure after finalization of the test where visual examination<br />

could only assess that the samples did not fail.<br />

From all the EIS parameters available to characterize coating degradation, R corr showed a weak<br />

correlation with visual TTF, C dl showed a strong correlation with samples that fail (TTF < 720 h)<br />

but was unsuccessful for samples that did not fail.<br />

ANN parameter, which it was explicitly derived to predict TTF based on phase angle<br />

information, showed the best correlation with all samples (failed or not) <strong>and</strong> therefore was<br />

selected as the parameter to characterize coating performance. A rank of the coating tested was<br />

obtained based on ANN parameter. Among all the samples tested Boegel 8500 conversion<br />

coating <strong>and</strong> Deft02GN084 showed the best performance with a predicted TTF of 1059 <strong>and</strong> those<br />

treated with Metallast <strong>and</strong> Sicopoxy 577-630 showed the worst performance.<br />

5.6.1.5 Conclusions<br />

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EIS combined with visual examination after accelerated salt spray exposure was used to<br />

analyze coating performance.<br />

A relationship between the chemical composition of the coatings <strong>and</strong> the coating<br />

performance was established.<br />

R corr , defined as the sum of the pore resistance, the r defect resistance together <strong>and</strong> the<br />

solution resistance was a weak predictor of coating performance in exposure testing.<br />

The metal-coating interface capacitance C dl parameter showed strong correlation with the<br />

visual TTF for only those samples that failed during exposure.<br />

The percentage of delaminated area %A del parameter showed weak correlation with the<br />

visual examination.<br />

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