RESONANCE AS NEW METHOD IN DETERMINING THE AGE OF PAINTS

Abstract

In this work the mechanism of resonance is proposed as the way for determining of paint age, by application of this method. This method consists in accelerated paint ageing on the basis of resonance. Measuring is concerned with humidity of paint and it is a general method since water molecules are present in every material. The molecules of water have random distribution. They oscillate in shallow potential wells so that they can be ejected from paint with low energy quanta, thus decreasing the paint humidity by evaporation process. The high energy quanta accelerate this process of the paint ageing. Since water molecule is mechanical oscillator it can be turned into resonance by application of mechanical periodical field, but since it is electric dipole it can be even more conveniently turned into resonance with periodic electric field.

Keywords: resonance method, accelerated paint ageing.