ASTM C694-90a(2000)
(Test Method)Standard Test Method for Weight Loss (Mass Loss) of Sheet Steel During Immersion in Sulfuric Acid Solution
Standard Test Method for Weight Loss (Mass Loss) of Sheet Steel During Immersion in Sulfuric Acid Solution
SCOPE
1.1 This test method covers the evaluation of the weight-loss (mass loss) characteristics of sheet steel in sulfuric acid solution.
1.2 This test method provides means of rating the effectiveness of in-plant pretreatment acid solutions in preparing steel surfaces for porcelain enameling.
1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The values in parentheses are for information only.
1.4 This standard does not purport to address the safety problems associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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Designation:C694–90a(Reapproved 2000)
Standard Test Method for
Weight Loss (Mass Loss) of Sheet Steel During Immersion
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in Sulfuric Acid Solution
This standard is issued under the fixed designation C 694; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
INTRODUCTION
In the manufacture of porcelain-enameled ware, formed steel articles are pretreated to ensure
enamel adherence. The pretreatment comprises, in part, of etching the steel surface with sulfuric acid
solution and in depositing nickel on the steel surface from a nickelous sulfate solution. Conditions are
maintained to provide a minimum amount of metal removal (weight loss) (mass loss) in the acid
solution and a minimum amount of nickel deposition. These minimums are particularly critical in
direct-on enameling in which the ground-coat enamel with its adherence-promoting oxides is omitted.
1. Scope ditioned by controlled solution of panels of the same sheet
steel. The specimens are rinsed, dried, and reweighed after the
1.1 This test method covers the evaluation of the weight-
timed exposure.
loss (mass loss) characteristics of sheet steel in sulfuric acid
3.2 Values of weight loss (mass loss) per unit area are
solution.
calculated for the four acid immersion periods and, if desired,
1.2 This test method provides means of rating the effective-
the rate of weight loss (mass loss) per unit area per unit time is
ness of in-plant pretreatment acid solutions in preparing steel
calculated.
surfaces for porcelain enameling.
1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
4. Significance and Use
as the standard. The values in parentheses are for information
4.1 The results of this test method can be used to evaluate
only.
the pickle weight-loss (mass loss) characteristics of a given lot
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
of sheet steel in dilute sulfuric acid solution, and may enable
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
the enamel processor to select a pickling time that will provide
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
satisfactory porcelain enamel bond.
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
4.2 The results of this test method can be used to evaluate
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
the effectiveness of the enamel processor’s pretreatment sys-
2. Terminology tem in preparing the steel for porcelain enameling, and may aid
the processor in obtaining satisfactory porcelain enamel bond.
2.1 Definitions:
2.1.1 quarter lines—imaginarylinesparalleltothedirection
5. Apparatus
of rolling, positioned at a distance from the sheet mill edge
5.1 Analytical Balance, accurate to 0.01 g.
equal to one quarter of the sheet width.
5.2 Linear Measuring Device.
3. Summary of Test Method 5.3 Borosilicate Glass Container, having an inside diameter
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of about 11 ⁄2 in. (290 mm) and an outside depth of about 11 in.
3.1 Representative sheet-steel specimens are selected, mea-
(280 mm).
sured, cleaned, and weighed prior to immersion for measured
5.4 Water Bath, heated, of sufficient size to immerse the
periods in a bath of dilute sulfuric acid that has been precon-
glass container (5.3) to within about 1 in. (25 mm) of its top.
5.5 Glass Plate or Acid-Resistant Porcelain-Enameled Steel
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This test method is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee B08 on Metallic
Sheet, sufficient to cover the container described in 5.3.
and Inorganic Coatings and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee B08.12 on
5.6 Stainless Steel Jig, for support of test specimens (see
Materials for Porcelain Enamel and Ceramic-Metal Systems.
Fig. 1, Fig. 2, and Fig. 3).
Current edition approved July 27, 1990. Published December 1990. Originally
published as C 694 – 71 T. Last previous edition C 694 – 90.
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C694
Metric Equivalents
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in. ⁄4 45 6
(mm) (6) (102) (127) (127)
NOTE 1—All materials are of Type 316 stainless steel.
FIG. 1 Specimens Suspended from Stainless-Steel Jig
6. Reagents and Materials 8. Test Specimens
6.1 Distilled Water. 8.1 File edges of the eight test specimens lightly to remove
6.2 Isopropyl Alcohol ((CH ) CHOH). shearing burrs.
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6.3 Methyl Alcohol (CH OH). 8.1.1 Punch or drill a hole near one end, at the center of the
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specimen width.
6.4 Steel Sheet, sufficient in size to provide the panels and
strips described in 6.4.1 and 6.4.2, and to provide the test 8.1.2 Determine the width, W, a
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