A measuring method to evaluate in a short time the quality of the corrosion protective properties and the process of deterioration of paint films on steel plate was studied by obtaining the values of tan δ and resistivity ρ. From the result of the frequency dependence on tan δ, the excellent paint films of the corrosion protective properties were a coal tar epoxy resin paint on brushing coating, and an acrylic resin paint on baking coating. For the purpose of an impedance measurement, a testing method in the system of the steel plate-paint film-mercury was found to be advantageous, because it was possible to measure impedance in a shorter time by that method than to measure it in 3% NaCl solution and it could deduce the corrosion protective properties of the paint film, and the paint film did not change with the passage of time. It was proved that the use of a phase-sensitive detector (PSD) was a more rapid and convenient method than an a. c. bridge as an impedance measurement. It was also found that there was high correlation between tan δ and resistivity, and the more excellent the paint film was, the lower the tan δ value was, and the higher the resistivity was.
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