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Universal Impact Testing

This document summarizes ASTM D2794, which provides a procedure for testing the impact resistance of organic coatings. The test involves applying coatings to metal panels and dropping a standard weight onto the coated panels from increasing heights. Failure is determined when cracking appears in the coating. The test is repeated multiple times at and around the failure height to confirm results. The test method is useful for predicting how coatings will resist impact damage during use.

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Universal Impact Testing

This document summarizes ASTM D2794, which provides a procedure for testing the impact resistance of organic coatings. The test involves applying coatings to metal panels and dropping a standard weight onto the coated panels from increasing heights. Failure is determined when cracking appears in the coating. The test is repeated multiple times at and around the failure height to confirm results. The test method is useful for predicting how coatings will resist impact damage during use.

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Universal Impact Testing - ASTM D2794

As coatings (such as paint, varnish, conversion coatings, and related


coating products) are subjected to impact damage during their
manufacturing and useful life, this test method for impact resistance has
been found to be useful in predicting coating resistance to impact. ASTM
D 2794 provides a procedure for rapidly deforming by impact a coating
film and its substrate and for evaluating the effect of such a deformation.

The organic coatings under test are applied to four or more suitable thin
metal panels. After the coatings have cured, a standard weight is
dropped a distance to strike an indenter that deforms the coating and the
substrate. The indentation can be either an intrusion or an extrusion. By
gradually increasing the distance the weight drops, generally 1 inch (25
mm) at a time, the point at which failure usually occurs can be
determined.

Films generally fail by cracking (see bottom photo), which is made more
visible by the use of a magnifier, by the application of a copper sulfate
(CuSO4) solution on steel, by the use of a pin hole detector, or by a tape -
pull test to determine the amount of coating removed.

Once visible cracks have been identified, the test is repeated five times
at that level, as well as five times
above and below that level. Of
course, these confirmation tests
are conducted in a random order
so successive tests are not
conducted at the same height or
on the same panel.

Reference: ASTM D2794


Standard Test Method for
Resistance of Organic Coatings to
the Effects of Rapid Deformation
(Impact)

Related ASTM standards include:

ASTM D1186 - Test Methods for


Nondestructive Measurement of Dry Film Thickness of Nonmagnetic Coatings Applied to a Ferrous Base;

ASTM D609 - Practice for Preparation of Cold-Rolled Steel Panels for Testing Paint, Varnish, Conversion Coatings,
and Related Coating Products;

ASTM D823 - Practice for Producing Films of Uniform Thickness of Paint, Varnish, and Related Products on Test
Panels.

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