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Mechanical test: tension and compression |
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Mechanical test: Fatigue and Corrosion-fatigue |
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Mechanical test: Hardness and microhardness |
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Mechanical test: Dinamo-mechanical test |
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Mechanical test: Impact test with Charpy pendulum |
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Mechanical test: Impact test on organig coatings |
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Thermal analysis: Thermogravimetry (TGA) |
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Thermal analysis: Differential thermal analysis (DTA) |
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Thermal analysis: Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) |
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Mechanical tests: dilatometry. |
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Optical microscopy observations with image analyses |
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Scanning electron microscopy observations with x-ray energy dispersion
analyses |
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Surface analysis: static and dynamic contact angle, surface tension
(Wilhelmy microbalance and drop-shape analysis) |
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Porous materials: helium and powder picnometry, open porosity |
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Transmission electron microscopy observations with x-ray energy
dispersion analyses |
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Infrared spectroscopy (IR and FT-IR) |
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X-ray and electron diffraction analyses |
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Thermal treatments |
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Microstructural characterisation of metallic and ceramic coatings |
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Measurement of the thickness of coatings and thin films |
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Measurement of the coating/substrate adhesion |
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Exposure tests to UV-A and UV-B radiation |
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Cathodic delamination tests |
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Salt spray chamber tests |
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Cupping and bending tests |
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Electrochemical tests |
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Electrochemical impedence spectroscopy tests |
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Abrasion resistance tests of organic coatings apparatus (Taber
test) |
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Galvanic coupling tests |
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Wear-corrosion tests |
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Stress-corrosion tests |