ASTM B659-90(2003)
(Guide)Standard Guide for Measuring Thickness of Metallic and Inorganic Coatings
Standard Guide for Measuring Thickness of Metallic and Inorganic Coatings
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1.1 This guide outlines the methods for measuring the thickness of many metallic and inorganic coatings including electrodeposited, mechanically deposited, vacuum deposited, anodic oxide and chemical conversion coatings.
1.2 This guide is limited to tests considered in ASTM standards and does not cover certain tests that are employed for special applications.
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, 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:B659–90(Reapproved 2003)
Standard Guide for
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Measuring Thickness of Metallic and Inorganic Coatings
This standard is issued under the fixed designation B 659; 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.
1. Scope B 681 Test Method for Measurement of Thickness of An-
odic Coatings on Aluminum and of Other Transparent
1.1 This guide outlines the methods for measuring the
Coatings on Opaque Surfaces Using the Light-Section
thickness of many metallic and inorganic coatings including
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Microscope
electrodeposited, mechanically deposited, vacuum deposited,
B 767 Guide for Determining Mass Per Unit Area of Elec-
anodic oxide and chemical conversion coatings.
trodeposited and Related Coatings by Gravimetric and
1.2 This guide is limited to tests considered in ASTM
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Other Chemical Analysis Procedures
standardsanddoesnotcovercertainteststhatareemployedfor
2.2 ISO Standards:
special applications.
1463 Metal and Oxide Coatings—Measurement of Thick-
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the
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ness by Microscopic Examination of Cross Sections
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
2128 Surface Treatment of Metals—Anodization (Anodic
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
Oxidation) ofAluminum and ItsAlloys—Measurement of
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
the Thickness of Oxide Coatings—Nondestructive Mea-
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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surement by Light Section Microscope
2. Referenced Documents
2176 PetroleumProductsLubricatingGreaseDetermination
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of Dropping Point
2.1 ASTM Standards:
2177 Metallic Coatings—Measurement of Coating
B 244 Test Method for Measurement of Thickness of An-
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Thickness—Coulometric Method by Anodic Solution
odic Coatings on Aluminum and of Other Nonconductive
2178 Non-Magnetic Metallic and Vitreous or Porcelain
Coatings on Nonmagnetic Basis Metals with Eddy-Current
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EnamelCoatingsonMagneticBasisMetals,Measurement
Instruments
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of Coating Thickness, Magnetic Method
B 487 Test Method for Measurement of Metal and Oxide
2360 Non-Conductive Coatings on Non-Magnetic Basis
Coating Thickness by Microscopical Examination of a
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Metals—Measurement of Coating Thickness—Eddy Cur-
Cross Section
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rent Method
B 499 Test Method for Measurement of Coating Thick-
2361 Electrodeposited Nickel Coatings on Magnetic and
nessesbytheMagneticMethod:NonmagneticCoatingson
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Non-Magnetic Substrates—Measurement of Coating
Magnetic Basis Metals
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Thickness—Magnetic Method
B 504 Test Method for Measurement of Thickness of Me-
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3497 Metallic Coatings—Measurement of Coating
tallic Coatings by the Coulometric Method
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Thickness—X-Ray Spectrometric Methods
B 530 Test Method for Measurement of Coating Thick-
3543 Metallic and Non-Metallic Coatings—Measurement
nesses by the Magnetic Method: Electrodeposited Nickel
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of Thickness—Beta Backscatter Method
Coatings on Magnetic and Nonmagnetic Substrates
B 567 Test Method for Measurement of Coating Thickness
3. Significance and Use
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by the Beta Backscatter Method
3.1 Most coating specifications specify the thickness of the
B 568 Test Method for Measurement of Coating Thickness
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coating because coating thickness is often an important factor
by X-Ray Spectrometry
in the performance of the coating in service.
B 588 TestMethodforMeasurementofThicknessofTrans-
3.2 The methods included in this guide are suitable for
parent or Opaque Coatings by Double-Beam Interference
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acceptance testing and are to be found in ASTM standards.
Microscope Technique
3.3 Each method has its own limitations with respect to the
kind of coating and its thickness.
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee B08 on Metallic and
Inorganic Coatings and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee B08.10 on Test
Methods.
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Current edition approved Feb. 10, 2003. Published May 2003. Originally Discontinued. See 2000 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 02.05.
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approved in 1979. Last previous edition approved in 1997 as B 659 – 90 (1997). Available from American National Standards Institute, 25 W. 43rd St., 4th
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 02.05. Floor, New York, NY 10036.
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4. Reliability of Methods ment is possible if the atomic number of the coating material is
sufficiently different from that of its substrate and if the beta
4.1 All methods covered by this guide are sufficie
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