3rd European Weathering Symposium in Krakow / Poland

The GUS (Gesellschaft für Umweltsimultion e.V.) will present the European Weathering Symposium in September 2007 with the following key topics :

- Weathering of Plastics and Coatings
- Stabilization of Polymers and Mechanisms
- Surface and Bulk Effects
- Correlation Field and Laboratory Tests
- Analysis of Polymer Degradation

Scientists of Atlas MTT LLC and Atlas MTT GmbH will present papers about Polymer Weathering, Artificial Weathering, Natural and Artificial Photo-Ageing.

Kelly Hardcastle, Atlas MTT LLC, USA: “Effects of Moisture, Location and Angle on Automotive Paint System Appearance During Natural Weathering”

Dr. Joachim Hussong and Dr. Artur Schoenlein, Atlas MTT, Germany: “Comparison of the Tolerance for the Spectral Power Distribution Given by Technical Standards for Artificial Measurement Uncertainties of Typical Spectroradiometers in Use Determined by an International Round Robin Test”

Dr. Olivier Haillant, Atlas MTT GmbH, Germany: “Natural and Artificial Photo-Ageing of a Pigmented, HALS-stabilized Propylene-Ethylene Copolymer”.

For further information please visit the GUS Website: http://www.gus-ev.de/ews2007-announce.html