Coating Fingerprint Foundation

Coating Fingerprint Foundation

CODE: FPF

The paints and coatings industries have initiated the requirement for a polymeric “Coating Fingerprint Certificate” (similar to a Mill Certificate for metals) to improve quality assurance. Fourier Transform Infra-Red (FTIR) method has been selected as the appropriate method to provide the fingerprinting requirement in addition to other physical & chemical tests which are regularly conducted by the paint &coating manufacturer.

Objectives

This course will equip the trainee with the knowledge and skills in FTIR analysis for authentication of coating fingerprinting, equipment, mechanics of the FTIR testing, appreciation of the strengths and limitations of FTIR method, interpretation & analysis of FTIR results, and exposure to FTIR sample analysis in the classroom.

Course Contents

• Coating Fingerprint Certificate
• Sampling standards of materials
• FTIR analysis standard for protective coatings
• Basic introduction to FTIR
• Basic application of a FTIR software
• Generation of reference FTIR spectrum
• Estimation of degree of similarity in samples
• Rejection and acceptance for samples
• Dos and Don’ts in FTIR analysis
• Running samples using ATR accessories
• Interpretation of FTIR test results
• Quality Control tools in a FTIR software
• Data analysis using a commercial FTIR software

Course Duration

1 Day

Who Should Attend

Anyone who is interested in the topic and their applications including graduates with bachelor degree through Ph.D level, researchers, chemists, engineers, physicists, or technicians from academic and industry who work in or are beginning to work in the field. Managers in the industry will greatly benefit from this overview lecture course.

Pre-Requisites

No Pre-Requisites

Certificate

IMM Coating Fingerprint Foundation

Language

English