Met PET gelamineerd staal – ‘Environmental stress cracking’

The market for polymer laminated packaging steel is currently growing due to the improved barrier performance, reduced processing by the can maker and increasingly as a result of environmental concerns associated with solvents and health concerns with bisphenol A (BPA), a major component in epoxy phenolic lacquers. Despite the benefits of these laminated systems a concern exists around environmental stress cracking/ crazing (ESC) of the polymer, a phenomenon that accounts for 15% of bulk polymer failures.
Researchers at Swansea University in Wales examined the effect ESC has on the corrosion performance of Electro Chromium Coated Steel (ECCS) laminated with PET (ECS Meeting Abstracts).
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