Accession Number:

ADA055979

Title:

Feasibility of Using Fluorescent Materials in Product Assurance Applications and for Locating Adhesive Bond Fractures

Descriptive Note:

Memorandum rept.

Corporate Author:

ARMY ARMAMENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER DOVER NJ LARGE CALIBER WEAPON SYSTEMS LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Westerdahl, Carolyn A. L.
• Hall, J. Richard

Report Date:

1978-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

33.0

Abstract:

A number of adhesives, coatings, polymers, fluorescent pigments, brighteners, and solvents were surveyed to determine if they are fluorescent, and if so, which wavelengths of light excite them and at which wavelength they emit light. Practical uses of fluorescence are catalogued. The advantages of using fluorescent examination are shown and suggestions are made for its use in quality control applications and in investigating failed adhesive bonds.

Descriptors:

• *ADHESIVE BONDING
• *BONDED JOINTS
• *FLUORESCENCE
• *QUALITY ASSURANCE
• ADHESIVES
• AMINES
• EXCITATION
• PIGMENTS
• POLYMERS
• SOLVENTS
• ULTRAVIOLET DETECTORS

Subject Categories:

• Adhesives, Seals and Binders
• Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering and Control of Production Systems
• Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE