510 Charmany Drive, Suite 55   Madison, WI 53719                       Voice: 608 441 2792  Fax:   608 441 2790    Email

Choosing the right electrochemical test and test conditions is often difficult and perplexing since there are several different types of electrochemical tests and many different ways to conduct these tests. 

Dr. Steve Tait has over 30 years of practical research and industrial experience with electrochemical corrosion testing.  The test protocols developed from Steve's research on electrochemical testing have extremely high correlations between the predictions from electrochemical tests and actual corrosion.  These correlations were developed from over 500 direct comparisons between actual corrosion and the corresponding electrochemical tests.

When you use the Pair O Docs® laboratory you have Dr. Steve Tait’s unique and extensive experience with electrochemical corrosion testing.  Steve uses his unique knowledge and extensive industrial experience to create the test protocol that meets your project objectives at the desired level of statistical confidence.  Steve:

	wrote the book on electrochemical corrosion testing
	has patents on equipment that measures pitting corrosion and sensors that detect crevice corrosion
	pioneered electrochemical measurement of pitting corrosion rates
	pioneered electrochemical testing for aerosol, food and beverage containers
	has numerous corrosion inhibitor patents

Pair O Docs® has a state-of-the-art electrochemical laboratory.  With this laboratory we can detect and measure both coated and uncoated metal corrosion long before it would be observed or cause failure.  Our large inventory of GEN2, GEN3 and  GEN4 Multi-cell electrochemical cells enables us to screen over 50 test variables at one time, and provide actionable results to our clients and customers on a timely basis with a high level of statistical confidence. 

Two test variables are shown in this photograph; one variable is on the left side of our multiplexed equipment and the other variable is on the right side.  Each variable has sufficient number of replicate samples to provide test results with an 87% statistical confidence (or a 13% risk).

Our clients and customers have used the state-of-the-art Pair O Docs® electrochemical testing laboratory to:

	Develop corrosion inhibitors
	Measure product compatibility with metal aerosol and food containers
	Estimate the service lifetime of coated and uncoated metal containers
	Measure and evaluate coated and uncoated metal corrosion
	Estimate the durability of polymer coated metals
	Estimate the durability of surfaces finishes, such as anodized aluminum
	Select corrosion resistant materials for chemical processing equipment