Review Article

Looking Back on Contributions in the Field of Atmospheric Corrosion Offered by the MICAT Ibero-American Testing Network

Table 3

Classification of MICAT test sites according to ISO 9223 [24].

Type of atmosphere Denomination (ISO 9223) [24]Deposition rate
Cl (mg·m−2·d−1)SO2 (mg·m−2·d−1)

Rural atmospheresS0P0S ≤ 3P ≤ 10

Urban and industrial atmospheresS0P1 S ≤ 310 < P ≤ 35
S0P2S ≤ 335 < P ≤ 80

Marine atmospheres*S1P0 3 < S ≤ 60P ≤ 10
S2P0 60 < S ≤ 300P ≤ 10
S3P0300 < S ≤ 1500P ≤ 10

Mixed atmospheresS1P1 3 < S ≤ 6010 < P ≤ 35
S1P2 3 < S ≤ 6035 < P ≤ 80
S2P1 60 < S ≤ 30010 < P ≤ 35
S2P260 < S ≤ 30035 < P ≤ 80

to the singular climatic characteristic of the marine Antarctic test sites, they have been considered as a separate group, whose results have been already published [16].