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Failure Analysis on Scale Formation of Thermostat Housing and Development of Accelerated Test Methodology  

Cho, In-Hee (Reliability Assessment Center for Chemical Materials Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology)
Hyung, Sin-Jong (Reliability Assessment Center for Chemical Materials Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology)
Choi, Kil-Yeong (Reliability Assessment Center for Chemical Materials Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology)
Weon, Jong-Il (Reliability Assessment Center for Chemical Materials Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology)
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Applied Chemistry for Engineering / v.20, no.2, 2009 , pp. 177-185 More about this Journal
Abstract
The failure analysis of scales deposited on automotive thermostat housing has been carried out. Observations using energy dispersive spectroscopy and electron probe micro analyzer indicate that the main components of scales are some of additives of coolant used. For a detailed investigation of organic matters pyrolysis-GC/MS is employed. The result shows that the main organic component is benzoic acid and furthermore, a small amount of acetophenone, benzene and phenyl group is detected. Based on the results of failure analysis performed, the scales on automotive thermostat housing appear due to the deposition of coolant components, followed by crevice corrosion, into gap between housing and rubber horse. New accelerated test methodology, which could mimic the scale formation and the crevice corrosion on thermostat housing, is developed considering the above results. In order to reproduce the real operating conditions, the accelerating factors, i.e. temperature and humidity, are changed and programmed. The reproducibility of the accelerated test proposed is confirmed after analyzing the scales obtained from the accelerated test.
Keywords
failure analysis; accelerated test; crevice corrosion; coolant;
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