Patent ID: 8927289
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. An atmospheric corrosion test procedure comprising: a salt deposition step of supplying salt content containing chloride ions on the surfaces of test pieces placed in a thermo-humidistat chamber; and a subsequent dry-wet cyclic step, the dry-wet cyclic step including a dry sub-step of drying the surfaces of the test pieces in the thermo-humidistat chamber at a low relative humidity and a subsequent wet sub-step, in which the relative humidity in the thermo-humidistat chamber is set to higher value than that in the dry sub-step, the sub-steps being cycled, and wherein the salt content is supplied by spraying salt water in the salt spray step, a first dry sub-step of repeated dry sub-steps is carried out between the salt deposition step and the first wet sub-step of the repeated wet sub-steps, an exhaust sub-step of removing the salt mist sprayed inside the thermo-humidistat chamber is carried out between the salt deposition step and the first dry sub-step, and the quantity of the deposited salt content is controlled by adjusting the quantity of the sprayed salt water.