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  1. KMSymington

    DNV-RP-B401, XYLAN coating breakdown factor

    Thanks for the sanity check guys-that's the answer I was expecting.
  2. KMSymington

    DNV-RP-B401, XYLAN coating breakdown factor

    Hi Steve Sorry-I missed out all the assumptions... Design life=30 years Depth=less than 30m Assume that Xylan is a category 1 coating,so a and b=0.1 Mean coating breakdown factor=a+b*design life/2, which equals 1.6 but max is 1. I think this means that the Xylan is not really considered to...
  3. KMSymington

    DNV-RP-B401, XYLAN coating breakdown factor

    Hi I'm working on the design of a subsea product which is protected from corrosion by Cathodic Protection and paint/coatings. I'm currently working through the DNV-RP-B401 calculation. Some of the component is coated with Xylan 1070, 20-50 microns thick. Am I right in thinking that the mean...

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