Objectives

Introduction

Summary

Substrate and Reference Materials

1. Reference Materials. 2. Materials Characterisations. Chemical composition of the stainless steels. Coating thickness. ESEM Surface observations. Surface structures. FTIR spectroscopy. Surface energy. Fingerprint resistance.

Set Up of Mar-Scratch test Methods

1. Activities and Results at Voestalpine. 1.1. State of the art in scratch-resistance and scratch testing. 1.2. Evaluation of technological scratch tests at Voestalpine. 1.3. Evaluation of physical properties related to scratch resistance. 2. Activities and Results at Arcelor. 2.1. Scratch test and reference materials resistance. 3. Activities and Results at Doc. 3.1. Scratch and abrasion test. 3.2. Indents and micro scratches. 4. Activities and Results at CSM. 4.1. Scratch test. 4.2. Dry-s...

Set up of Fingerprint test Methods

1. Activities and Results from Arcelor. 1.1. Biological and chemical points of view. 1.2. Fingerprint characterizations. 1.3. Fingerprint quantification. 1.4. Fingerprint perception. 1.5. Fingerprint resistance of reference materials. 2. Test Method Performed at Doc. 2.1. Fingerprint test. 2.2. Fingerprint resistance of some reference materials. 3. Activities and Results From CSM. 3.1. Synthetic compounds. 3.2. Procedure. 3.3. Evaluation of damages.

Further Activities and Characterisations

0.1. Set-up of a specification list. 0.2. Thickness measurement. 0.3. Vapour resistance. 0.4. Draw forming tests. 0.5. Resistance to food and detergents.

New Coatings

1. New Coatings Studied at Voestalpine. 1.1. Materials. 1.2. Scratch testing. 1.3. Evaluation of physical properties related to scratch resistance. 1.4. Comparative evaluation of scratch tests. 1.5. Comparative evaluation of coating systems. 2. New Coatings Studied at Arcelor. 2.1. Materials. 2.2. Characterizations. 2.3. Conclusions. 3. New Coatings Studied at Doc. 3.1. Choice of coatings.

General Conclusions

Key Words. Bibliography. Annexes.