Corrosive gas testing

Corrosive gas testing is a good way to reveal vulnerabilities to corrosion in components that are to be used in an industrial environment. The mixture of damp air and sulphur dioxide reveals, among other things, pores and weak points in coatings.


RIO GmbH tests on the basis of the following test stipulations, among others:

DIN EN 60068-2-42 
Environmental testing - Part 2-42: Tests;
Test Kc: Sulphur dioxide test for contacts and connections

DIN EN 60068-2-43 
Environmental testing - Part 2-43: Tests;
Test Kd: Hydrogen sulphide test for contacts and connections  

DIN EN 60068-2-60 
Environmental testing - Part 2: Tests;
Test Ke: Flowing mixed gas corrosion test 

DIN EN ISO 3231
Paints and varnishes
Determination of resistance to humid atmospheres containing sulfur dioxide 

DIN EN ISO 6988
Metallic and other non-organic coatings - Sulfur dioxide test with general condensation of moisture 

DIN 50018
Testing in a saturated atmosphere in the presence of sulfur dioxide 

Salt spray testing
Environmental testing
Cyclical corrosion tests
Corrosive gas testing
HIC/ SSC testing
Stress crack / intercrystalline corrosion tests
Dezincification resistance
Fretting corrosion
Electrochemical measurements