Soluble Salt Contamination Meter

About Soluble Salt Contamination Meter

The approved ISO8502-9 equivalent fully automated Soluble Salt Meter establishes surface cleanliness and determines salt contamination. Equivalent to the Bresle salt test kit, the Soluble Salt Meter will indicate contamination of soluble salts on blast-cleaned surfaces prior to coating, but with the added bonus of a very short test cycle time.

Soluble salts can be measured using the ISO 8502-9 standard. Until recently, people were forced to take these measurements with a technique using patches, which was was a tedious and time consuming task using a lot of eco-unfriendly, expensive consumables. Differences in results led to discussions and reasons for concern in the field. The Soluble Salt Meter is the first method after 20 years to finally automate soluble salt measurements according to the ISO8502-9.

The patented design provides a paperless solution to measure the presence of soluble salts on flat and curved surfaces. It combines surface salt extraction and conductivity measurement in one tool, allowing convenient and ergonomic operation. The hand-held design provides a self-contained, easily transportable unit for soluble salt contamination measurements.

The Soluble Salt Meter and supplied fluid dispenser allow for quick and accurate injection of demineralised water*, automatic extraction of surface salts and conductivity measurement.

*Please note the demineralised water must be to standard BS EN ISO 3696 1995 Grade 3.

APPROVED AS ISO 8502-9 EQUIVALENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH NACE SP0508-2010

The Soluble Salt Meter demonstrated equivalence to the ISO Standard 8502-9 “Field method for the conductometric determination of water-soluble salts” (Bresle Patch method) during testing performed from 4th March to 24th September, 2009 and 13th October to 12th January, 2015 in accordance with NACE SP0508-2010 (see a copy of the certificate in the Downloads section below).

Approved by the SSPC GUIDE 15 – Field Methods for extraction and analysis of soluble salts on steel and other nonporous substrates.

6 Easy Process Steps (approximate time taken = 1 minute)

1. Attach the soluble salt meter to the surface
2. Inject demineralised water (must be to standard BS EN ISO 3696 1995 Grade 3) into the measurement chamber with one press of the dose bottle
3. The meter automatically agitates the solution (approx. 45 seconds)
4. Meter automatically takes reading
   • Displays reading on LCD screen
   • Stores value electronically
5. Wipe remaining water from surface after removing SSM
6. Flush meter by turning over and injecting water from dose bottle

Features & Benefits

• Accurate, easy measurements, equivalent to the ISO Standard 8502-9
• Repeatable results
• Hand-held, portable design
• Combines surface salt extraction and conductivity measurement in one tool
• Minimises operator error through automatic metered water injection and electronic recording of
  measurements
• More eco-friendly and less time-consuming than Bresle patch testing
• Reduced process steps versus Bresle patch method (17 steps reduced to 6 steps)
• No syringes or needles needed, improving operator safety
• Automatic data recording feature (configured to work with coating technical file)
• Rugged, industrial hardened measurement device

Applications

• Salt contamination testing of blast-cleaned surfaces prior to coating
• Conductivity measurement

Specifications

All Downloads

Filename	Size	Download
Soluble Salt Meter Approval Certificate - NACE2010	0.23MB
Soluble Salt Meter Product Datasheet	1.16MB
Curved Adapter Option for the Soluble Salt Meter	0.32MB

Ordering Information

01543411460	[email protected]