Testing

• Corrosion testing to evaluate materials performance
• Soil and water chemistry analyses to characterize corrosion risks
• Other testing and analysis in support of failure analysis and other investigations

Corrosion Testing

Test methods to evaluate corrosion and coatings:
• ASTM G5 Potentiostatic and Potentiodynamic Anodic Polarization Testing
• ASTM G28 Method A and B Testing for Intergranular Corrosion of Nickel Alloys
• ASTM G31 Immersion Corrosion Testing (at ambient temperature/pressure and elevated temperature/pressure)
• ASTM G36 Boiling Magnesium Chloride Cracking Testing
• ASTM G61 Cyclic Potentiodynamic Polarization Testing
• ASTM G71 Galvanic Corrosion Testing
• ASTM F2129 Cyclic Potentiodynamic Polarization Testing of Implant Devices
• ASTM F3044 Galvanic Corrosion Testing for Medical Implants
• NACE TM0169 Laboratory Immersion Testing
• Rapid Selective Seam Weld Corrosion Susceptibility Testing
• Linear Polarization Resistance for Corrosion Rate
• Quantitative Corrosivity
• Localized Corrosion Susceptibility and Rate

Coating Testing

Test methods to evaluate corrosion and coatings:
• ASTM G42 Cathodic Disbondment Testing of Pipeline Coatings at Elevated Temperatures
• ASTM G95 Cathodic Disbondment Testing of Pipeline Coatings
• NACE TM074 Protective Coating and Lining Immersion Testing
• Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
• Coating Degradation Testing

Soil, Water, and Solids Testing

Test methods:
• AASHTO T265 Determination of Moisture in Soil
• ASTM D516 Sulfate Ion in Water
• ASTM D4972 Standard Method for pH of Soils
• ASTM G51 Measuring pH of Soil in Corrosion Testing
• ASTM G57 Soil Resistivity Using Wenner Four-Electrode Method
• EPA 305.1 Acidity by Titration
• EPA 325.1 Chloride by Colorimeter
• EPA 353.2 Nitrate and Nitrite by Colorimeter
• EPA 2320 Carbonate, Bicarbonate, and Total Alkalinity
• EPA 4500B Sulfide by Colorimeter
• REDOX Potential
• Serial Dilution Microbial Assay Testing
• Qualitative Detection of Ferric/Ferrous Ions
• Qualitative Detection of Calcium
• Qualitative Detection of Carbonates
• Qualitative Detection of Sulfide

Other Testing and Analysis

Through agreements with other laboratories, we also have access to full metallographic analyses, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) and other methods