Periodic table

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Example of coating system ranking

Alkyd based specifications

Specifications

Coat

Resin

Inhibitor

Thickness/microns

Primer

Alkyd

Zinc phosphate

50

Barrier

Alkyd

MIO

75

Finish

Alkyd Gloss

50

The ranking value for this specification would be:

Primer

Barrier

Finish

Alkyd = 1

Alkyd = 1

Alkyd = 1

Zinc phosphate = 1

MIO = 2

Thickness = 2

Thickness = 1

Thickness = 1

Sub total = 3

Sub total = 4

Sub total = 3

Giving an overall ranking of 10

This document was prepared on 10 November 2000 by Graham Gedge