Specimens

Results

6 SFCCC coated without top coating of lacquer and scratched to reveal the substrate.

No incipient pits and corrosion products observed.

6 SFCCC coated with top coating of lacquer and scratched to reveal the substrate.

No incipient pits observed within the scratched and unscratched regions. Paint delamination was not observed.

6 Bare aluminium without top coating of lacquer.

Incipient pits and mounds of corrosion products were observed on the specimen.

6 Bare aluminium with top coating of lacquer and scratched to reveal the substrate.

Elaborate paint delamination and incipient pits were observed.