Standard Recommended Practice – Field-Applied Coal Tar Enamel Pipe Coating Systems: Application, Performance, and Quality Control

Published by	Publication Date	Number of Pages
NACE	11/01/2002	14

Category: NACE

Description

NACE RP0602 – Standard Recommended Practice – Field-Applied Coal Tar Enamel Pipe Coating Systems: Application, Performance, and Quality Control

This standard covers the most current technology and industry practices for the use of field-applied coal tar enamel external pipe coating systems. It presents guidelines for establishing minimum requirements to ensure proper application and performance of a these systems to the external surfaces of pipe. Also included are methods for qualifying and controlling the quality of a coal tar enamel system, guidelines for its proper application, and inepction and repair techniques to ensure its long-term performance. There is also an appendix with several tables detailing the physical properties of these coating systems. This standard is maintained by Task Group (TG) 250.