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Indian Standard

त्वरित संक्षािण पिीक्षण के परिणामों के

मूल्ांकन — पद्धतत
( पहला पनु रीक्षण )

Evaluation of Results of Accelerated

Corrosion Test — Method
( First Revision )

ICS 77.020

 BIS 2024

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Corrosion Protection and Finishes Sectional Committee, MTD 24

FOREWORD

This Indian Standard (First Revision) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards, after the draft finalized by
the Corrosion Protection and Finishes Sectional Committee had been approved by the Metallurgical Engineering
Division Council.

This standard was first published in 1970. This revision has been brought out to bring the standard in the latest style
and format of the Indian Standards.

In Indian Standards related to metallic coatings, accelerated corrosion tests, such as CASS, corrodkote and acetic
acid salt spray test have been included. It has, therefore, become necessary to define acceptable levels of
performance of coatings, other than those anodic to the basis metal, that have been subjected to accelerated corrosion
tests.

This method is employed only on articles which have not already been rejected on simple inspection on the ground
of the size or grouping of individual corrosion defects as required by the relevant Indian Standard.

The composition of the Committee responsible for the formulation of this standard is given in Annex A.

For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of this standard is complied with the final value,
observed or calculated, expressing the result of a test or analysis, shall be rounded off in accordance with
IS 2 : 2022 ‘Rules for rounding off numerical values (second revision)’. The number of significant places retained
in the rounded off value should be the same as that of the specified value in this standard.
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Indian Standard
EVALUATION OF RESULTS OF ACCELERATED
CORROSION TEST — METHOD
( First Revision )

1 SCOPE that are visible and subjected to wear or corrosion or

This standard specifies a rating system that provides
a means of defining levels of performance of
coatings, other than those anodic to the basis metal,
that have been subjected to accelerated corrosion
tests as per IS 5528, IS 6910, IS 9844 or IS 11864.
This method takes into account only corrosion of the
basis metal.
2 REFERENCES
The standards given below contain provisions which
through reference in this text, constitute provision of
this standard. At the time of publication, the editions
indicated were valid. All standards are subject to
revision and parties to agreements based on this
standard are encouraged to investigate the
possibility of applying the most recent editions of
these standards:
IS No. Title
both, or surfaces on which the coating is otherwise
functionally necessary. The designation of the
significant surfaces shall be agreed upon by the
manufacturer and the purchaser, and may be
indicated on the drawings. The surfaces on which a
controlled deposit ordinarily cannot be obtained,
such as holes, recesses, angular bases, are normally
exempt from the requirements for significant
surfaces, unless they are specifically designated as
such. When such areas are designated as significant
surfaces and the thickness requirements are to be
met, the manufacturer and the purchaser shall
recognize the necessity for either thicker deposits on
the more accessible surfaces or special racking.
Special racks may involve the use of conforming,
auxiliary, interior or bipolar electrodes.
NOTE ― Significant surfaces generally may be defined as
those parts of the visible surface that can be touched with a
sphere of diameter either 20 mm or as agreed upon by the
manufacturer and the purchaser.

IS 5528 : 1985 Method of testing corrosion 3.2 Corrosion Spot

resistance of electroplated and
anodized aluminium coating by
copper accelerated acetic acid
salt spray (CASS) test (first
revision)
IS 6910 : 1985 Method of testing corrosion
resistance of electroplated and
anodized aluminium coatings
by acetic acid salt spray test
(first revision)
IS 9844 : 1981 Methods of testing corrosion
resistance of electroplated and
anodized aluminium coatings
by neutral salt spray test
IS 11864 : 1986 Recommended construction
practice of apparatus for spray
cabinet for various salt spray
tests
3 DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of this standard, the following
definitions shall apply.
3.1 Significant Surfaces
In general, significant surfaces are those surfaces
A surface corrosion defect at which the coating is
penetrated as indicated by the appearance of basis
metal, corrosion products or lifting of the coating.
Discolouration or other surface defects, which do
not penetrate the coating, do not count as corrosion
spots. The size of a corrosion spot is the area of the
penetration through the coating and no that of
associated staining.
4 SAMPLING
4.1 The batch should be sampled in the manner
required by the relevant specification. The total
significant surface area of the sample should be in
excess of 5 000 mm2.
4.2 If the individual articles forming the sample have
a significant surface area smaller than 5 000 mm2,
the sample for assessment should comprise a
sufficient number of individual articles to obtain a
total significant surface area equal to or greater than
this area.
4.3 If the rating number required by the relevant
specification is ≥ 8, the total significant surface area
of the sample should exceed 10 000 mm 2.
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5 EXAMINATION OF SAMPLE AFTER TEST 6 SUITABILITY OF SAMPLES FOR

5.1 The sample should be examined in its condition
at the end of the test or after rinsing in running water,
if it is necessary to remove the residue of the test
medium. Corrosion products may be removed
subsequently, to enable the size of individual
corrosion spots to be assessed.
5.2 For the purpose of evaluation, divide the area of
the significant surface of the sample hypothetically
into squares of 5 mm size. This is easily done by
placing a graticule, made of fully flexible
transparent plastics material, on the sample so as to
give the most favourable result, that is, the highest
rating.
5.3 Count the number (N) of 5 mm squares in the
significant area of the sample and the number (n) of
such squares containing one or more corrosion
spots. When evaluating the total area of sample,
squares more than half occupied should be counted
as full squares and those less than half occupied
should be ignored.
EVALUATION
6.1 If ten or more corrosion spots can be included in
any two adjacent 5 mm squares, or any spots are
present of area greater than 2.5 mm2, the sample
shall be considered unsuitable for assessment. For
long cracks traversing more than one 5 mm square,
the sample shall be considered unsuitable for
assessment if the area of the crack in any one square
exceeds 2.5 mm2.
6.2 If the sample consists of more than one
individual article, and gross differences in the
degree of corrosion are evident between these
individual articles, the sample shall be considered
unsuitable for assessment.
7 INITIAL RATING NUMBER
7.1 Determine the frequency of the spots as a
percentage from the expression:
𝑛
Frequency = 100 × (see 5.3)
𝑁

5.4 If a spot appears to lie in more than one square, 7.2 Allocate a rating number to the sample according
it should be counted only once in the evaluation, but to Table 1.
cracks traversing more than one square should be
counted for each square entered.

Table 1 Frequency and Rating Number

(Clause 7.2)
Sl No. Frequency, Percent Rating Number

(1) (2) (3)

i) 0 (no corrosion spots) 10
ii) Over 0 Up to 0.25 9
iii) Over 0.25 Up to 0.5 8
iv) Over 0.5 Up to 1 7
v) Over 1 Up to 2 6
vi) Over 2 Up to 4 5
vii) Over 4 Up to 8 4
vii) Over 8 Up to 16 3
ix) Over 16 Up to 32 2
x) Over 32 Up to 64 1
xi) Over 64 — 0
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8 REDUCTION OF INITIAL RATING FOR In any area of 50 mm × 50 mm = 17

LOCAL CONCENTRATION OF CORROSION (see 8)
SPOTS ON LARGER ARTICLES

Samples comprising individual articles with areas 17

Final rating number = 3 –
for assessment greater than 2 500 mm2 should be 10
rated as described below:
= 3 – 2 (rounded off)
Find the 50 mm × 50 mm area showing the greatest
number of corrosion spots. Count the number of 5 =1
mm squares in this area which are occupied by Example 2:
corrosion spots. Reduce the initial rating obtained by
the method given in 7 by one unit for each ten Total number of 5 mm squares in = 400
squares thus obtained. sample area

9 EXAMPLES FOR THE RATING SYSTEM Number of squares containing = 1

corrosion spots
Example 1:
Percentage of squares containing = 0.25
Total number of 5 mm squares in = 400 corrosion spots
sample area
Greatest number of squares with corrosion
Number of squares containing = 48 spots
corrosion spots
in any area of 50 × 50 mm (see 8) = 1
Percentage of squares containing = 12
corrosion spots Final rating number = 9 – 0 = 9

Greatest number of squares with corrosion

spots
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ANNEX A
(Foreword)
COMMITTEE COMPOSITION
Corrosion Protection and Finishes Sectional Committee, MTD 24

Organization Representative(s)

Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai DR U. KAMACHI MUDALI (Chairperson)

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai SHRI SUPRATIK ROYCHOWDHARY

SHRI PARAG AHMEDBADI (Alternate I)
SHRI SARADI GUMMA (Alternate II)

Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited, Hyderabad DR A. K. MAITI

SHRI RAHUL KASHYAP (Alternate)

Confederation of Indian Industry, New Delhi SHRI SANJAY NAMDEO

DR JASPREET KAUR (Alternate I)
SHRI NITIN KUMAR (Alternate II)

CSIR − Central Electrochemical Research Institute, DR RAKESH C. BARIK

Karaikudi DR C. ARUNCHANDRAN (Alternate)

CSIR − National Aerospace Laboratories, Bengaluru DR J. N. BALARAJU

DR SHRI PRAKASH B. (Alternate)

CSIR − National Metallurgical Laboratory, DR S. K. TIWARI

Jamshedpur DR RAGHUVIR SINGH (Alternate)

Directorate General of Quality Assurance, Ministry SHRI K. YADAV

of Defence, Ichapur SHRI T. K. PRUSTY (Alternate)

Engineers India Limited, New Delhi SHRI ARIJIT ROY

SHRI PRABHAKAR CHOWDHARY (Alternate)

GAIL (India) Limited, New Delhi SHRI SHIV SHANKER VERMA

SHRI UPENDRA NATH BHASKAR (Alternate I)
SHRI MOHAMMAD SHUMS ABBAS (Alternate II)

Indian Lead Zinc Development Association, SHRI K. SRIDHAR

New Delhi SHRI L. PUGAZHENTHY (Alternate)

Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, DR S. NINGSHEN

Kalpakkam DR S. C. VANITHA KUMARI (Alternate)

Lalita Infraprojects Private Limited, Kolkata DR BUDDHADEB DUARI

SHRI KAUSHIK DUARI (Alternate I)
SHRI SUBHAJIT BHATTACHARYA (Alternate II)

Ministry of Railways, (RDSO), Lucknow SHRI C. SENGUPTA

DR P. K. BALA (Alternate)

NACE International Gateway India Section, SHRI K. B. SINGH

Mumbai SHRI SUMEET KATARIA (Alternate)

National Thermal Power Corporation Limited, SHRI SUDHAKAR PANJALA

New Delhi SHRI CHANDER SHEKHAR (Alternate)

Naval Materials Research Laboratory, Thane DR G. GUNASEKARAN

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Organization Representative(s)

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited, Mumbai SHRIMATI MAUSHUMI K.

Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), Research & DR P. SARAVANAN

Development Centre for Iron & Steel, Ranchi SHRIMATI B. KHALKHO (Alternate)

Tata Steel Limited, Jamshedpur DR A. N. BHAGAT

DR TAPAN KUMAR ROUT (Alternate)

BIS Directorate General SHRI SANJIV MAINI, SCIENTIST ‘F’/SENIOR DIRECTOR

AND HEAD (METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING)
[REPRESENTING DIRECTOR GENERAL (Ex-officio)]

Member Secretary
SHRI DUSHYANT HAWELIKAR
SCIENTIST ‘B’/ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
(METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING), BIS
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