Salt Spray Test and Standards – Part 2
3.2 Volkswagen Standard PV 1210 PV 1210 is the cyclic salt spray corrosion standard for body and accessories of Volkswagen AG, and is the most widely used cyclic corrosion test standard. This standard is applicable to the corrosion detection of coated body, body sheet, structural components and other test samples. The test was divided into three stages: spraying salt spray, standard climate preservation and humid and hot storage. Spray salt spray according to NSS method in DIN 50021 standard, with NaCl mass concentration of (50 ± 5) g/l and spraying time of 4 h; The standard climate shall be kept for 4 h under the condition of 23/50-2 in DIN 50014 standard; The wet and hot storage shall be conducted under the constant state (KK) conditions in DIN 50017 standard (40+3) ℃ and 100% humidity for 16 h. After 5 cycles, it shall be stored in the standard climate for 2 days before continuing. The test can be carried out for 15, 30, 60 or 90 Cycles, and then the corrosion of t...