The Journal of Coatings Technology articles from February 1998

The Journal of Coatings Technology archives from February 1998

CIEF: investing in the future. (Coatings Industry Education Foundation)
February 1, 1998... Farewells are never easy, but - at various junctures in life - they are both necessary and inevitable. In this instance, the farewell is my farewell, and it is to the Coatings Industry Education Foundation, an organization with which I have been...

Polymer Ambassadors - reaching students through teachers. (education program on polymers)
February 1, 1998... The Polymer Ambassador (PA) program was brainstormed on a napkin by high school teacher Melanie Stewart and elastomer chemist David Schultz over seven years ago. Its development began as a way to educate the general public about polymers. It was...

Mentoring relationships help to develop the future workforce.
February 1, 1998... Increasingly, technical industries are discovering the need to be more global in their efforts to stabilize their businesses and be more competitive in new national and international markets. For the coatings industry, as well as many other...

Potential exposure to bisphenol A from food-contact use of epoxy coated cans.
February 1, 1998... INTRODUCTION Epoxy resins have been used as components of coatings for food and beverage cans for more than 50 years. Epoxies based on bisphenol A (BPA)(4,4[prime]-isopropylidenediphenol; 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane) are cleared by the...

Development of methods for the determination of bisphenol A in food simulants.
February 1, 1998... INTRODUCTION Epoxy resins based on bisphenol A (BPA) (4,4[prime]-isopropylidenediphenol or 2,2-bis[4-hydroxyphenyl] propane) are cleared by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), throughout Europe, and the Pacific Rim. Although...

Study of the attack of acidic solutions on melamine-acrylic basecoat/clearcoat paint systems.
February 1, 1998... INTRODUCTION Acid rain is formed when specific pollutants combine with water in the atmosphere. By far the largest contributor to this problem is sulfur dioxide (S[O.sub.2]), a by-product of fossil fuel combustion which, when oxidized to...

Evaluation of the degree of cure of a coating.
February 1, 1998... INTRODUCTION In the coatings industry, determining when a material has completely cured is important. The standard methods to test for cure are generally well accepted, but the data obtained from these methods is not always reproducible. The...