# Coating Permeability Database
# Pre-extracted from corrosion_kb semantic search
# Provenance: The Corrosion Handbook, Tables 1-3
metadata:
extraction_method: "Semantic search + manual verification"
extraction_date: "2025-10-18"
source_repo: "corrosion_kb"
source_document: "The Corrosion Handbook"
source_ref: "corrosion_kb v1.0 (2,980 vector chunks)"
source_url: "Puran Water internal vector database"
parser_version: "1.0"
retrieved_at: "2025-10-18T10:00:00Z"
notes: |
Permeability data extracted from The Corrosion Handbook via semantic search.
Values verified against handbook tables for accuracy.
Units standardized to:
- Moisture: mg H₂O per 24hr per sq in
- Oxygen: cm³·mil per 100 sq in·24 hr·atm
- Diffusion: cm²/s
coatings:
# From semantic search findings (SEMANTIC_SEARCH_FINDINGS.md)
epoxy:
moisture_transmission_mg_per_24hr_per_sqin: 8.5
oxygen_permeability_cm3_mil_per_100sqin_24hr_atm: 0.15
diffusion_constant_cm2_per_s: 1.2e-9
source: "The Corrosion Handbook, Table 1"
source_document: "The Corrosion Handbook"
extraction_date: "2025-10-18"
quality_note: "Typical value for cured epoxy coating"
polyvinyl_acetate:
moisture_transmission_mg_per_24hr_per_sqin: 115
oxygen_permeability_cm3_mil_per_100sqin_24hr_atm: 2.5
diffusion_constant_cm2_per_s: 3.5e-9
source: "The Corrosion Handbook, Table 1"
source_document: "The Corrosion Handbook"
extraction_date: "2025-10-18"
quality_note: "Higher permeability than epoxy"
pva: # Alias for polyvinyl_acetate
moisture_transmission_mg_per_24hr_per_sqin: 115
oxygen_permeability_cm3_mil_per_100sqin_24hr_atm: 2.5
diffusion_constant_cm2_per_s: 3.5e-9
source: "The Corrosion Handbook, Table 1"
source_document: "The Corrosion Handbook"
extraction_date: "2025-10-18"
quality_note: "Alias for polyvinyl_acetate"
asphaltic:
moisture_transmission_mg_per_24hr_per_sqin: 5.0
oxygen_permeability_cm3_mil_per_100sqin_24hr_atm: 0.05
diffusion_constant_cm2_per_s: 8.0e-10
source: "The Corrosion Handbook, Table 1"
source_document: "The Corrosion Handbook"
extraction_date: "2025-10-18"
quality_note: "Low permeability, good moisture barrier"
cellophane:
moisture_transmission_mg_per_24hr_per_sqin: 300
oxygen_permeability_cm3_mil_per_100sqin_24hr_atm: 8.0
diffusion_constant_cm2_per_s: 1.5e-8
source: "The Corrosion Handbook, Table 1"
source_document: "The Corrosion Handbook"
extraction_date: "2025-10-18"
quality_note: "Very high permeability, poor barrier"
fbe: # Fusion-bonded epoxy
moisture_transmission_mg_per_24hr_per_sqin: 6.5
oxygen_permeability_cm3_mil_per_100sqin_24hr_atm: 0.12
diffusion_constant_cm2_per_s: 9.0e-10
source: "Zargarnezhad 2022 (via semantic search)"
source_document: "coating transport model literature"
extraction_date: "2025-10-18"
quality_note: "FBE-specific data from Zargarnezhad transport model"
source_repo: "corrosion_kb"
polyurethane:
moisture_transmission_mg_per_24hr_per_sqin: 12.0
oxygen_permeability_cm3_mil_per_100sqin_24hr_atm: 0.25
diffusion_constant_cm2_per_s: 1.8e-9
source: "The Corrosion Handbook"
source_document: "The Corrosion Handbook"
extraction_date: "2025-10-18"
quality_note: "Moderate permeability"
pu: # Alias for polyurethane
moisture_transmission_mg_per_24hr_per_sqin: 12.0
oxygen_permeability_cm3_mil_per_100sqin_24hr_atm: 0.25
diffusion_constant_cm2_per_s: 1.8e-9
source: "The Corrosion Handbook"
source_document: "The Corrosion Handbook"
extraction_date: "2025-10-18"
quality_note: "Alias for polyurethane"
# Temperature correction factors (future enhancement)
# Permeability increases with temperature via Arrhenius relationship:
# D(T) = D₀ × exp(-Ea/RT)
# Typical activation energies: 40-60 kJ/mol for moisture in polymers
temperature_correction:
enabled: false
notes: |
Future: Implement temperature correction using Arrhenius equation.
Current values are for 25°C (77°F).