CSM's environmental exposure testing faciliies include accelerated corrosion devices located in climate chambers able to asusme the physical parameters within the following ranges:
- Temperature : -40 … +180 °C;
- R.H. range (-20/+94°C): 10% … 98%.
with the following characteristics:
- Precision over time (T): ± 0,25 … ± 0,3 °C;
- Heating speed: 3,9 °C/min;
- Cooling speed: 2,5 °C/min;
- R.H. precision: ± 1% … ± 3%.
Those allow to carry out a number of accelerated cyclic tests for the most common specifications for the auto, infrastructure and home appliance sectors.
The CSM lab capability is also endowed with electrochemical devices permitting to trace the materials/medium polarization curves and the electrochemical noise under Direct Current conditions, and for the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy to analyze electrolitic corrosion in Alternate Current conditions.
CSM Corrosion Lab is also endowed with equipments for the monitoring of the corrosion phenomena as caused by the presence of sulphate reducing bacteria and low pH electrolytic acqueous solution, and to test the effects of cathodic protection systems.
These experimental equipments are particularly appreciated for the development of advanced material solutions for the Oil&Gas transport pipelines.