Fluorinated Coatings and Finishes Handbook

The Definitive User's Guide

Laurence W. McKeen

• Publisher: William Andrew
• Year: 2015
• Edition: 2
• eBook ISBN:
  9780323374675
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Industrial & Technical Chemistry
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Fluorinated Coatings and Finishes Handbook: The Definitive User's Guide, Second Edition, addresses important, frequently posed questions by end-user design engineers, coaters, and coatings suppliers on fluorinated coatings and finishes, thus enabling them to achieve superior product qualities and shorter product and process development times. The book provides broad coverage of these fluorinated polymer coatings, including the best known PTFE, polytetrafluoroethylene, first trademarked as Teflon® and ePTFE (GoreTex®). Their inherent qualities of low surface tension, non-stick, low friction, high melting point, and chemical inertness make fluoropolymer coatings widely desirable across thousands of industrial and consumer applications, but these properties also make it difficult to convert fluoropolymers to coatings that have sufficient adhesion to the substrate to be protected. In this book, readers learn how fluoropolymer coatings are used and made, about their pigments and fillers, binders, dispersion processes, additives, and solvents. The book includes substrate preparation, coating properties, baking and curing processes, performance tests, applications, and health and safety. - Provides a practical handbook that covers the theory and practice of fluorinated coatings, including the structure and properties of binders and how to get a non-stick coating to stick to the substrate - Covers liquid and power fluorocoatings, their applications methods, curing and baking processes, and their commercial end uses - Presents detailed discussions of testing methods related to fluorocoatings, common coating defects, how they form, how to eliminate them, and the health and safety aspects of using and applying fluorocoatings - Includes substrate preparation, coating properties, baking and curing processes, performance tests, applications, and health and safety

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Series Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• 1. Fluoropolymers
• 2. Producing Fluoromonomers, Fluoropolymers, and Fluoropolymer Finishing
• 3. The Components of Paint
• 4. Binders
• 5. Pigments, Fillers, and Extenders
• 6. Solvent Systems
• 7. Additives
• 8. Substrates and Substrate Preparation
• 9. Liquid Formulations
• 10. Application of Liquid Coatings
• 11. Powder Coating and Films
• 12. Fluoropolymer Coating Processing Technology
• 13. Measurement of Coating Properties and Performance
• 14. Permeation of Fluoropolymer Coatings
• 15. Introduction to the Tribology of Fluorocoatings
• 16. Recognizing, Understanding, and Dealing with Coating Defects
• 17. Commercial Applications and Uses of Fluorocoatings
• 18. Health and Safety
• Appendix 1. Fluoropolymer Properties
• Appendix 2. Permeability Data of Fluoropolymer Films
• Appendix 3. Chemical Resistance of Fluoropolymers
• Glossary
• Index