COMMITTEE T-2D (old designation TP-17) was formed for the purpose of standardizing a suitable procedure for measuring the coating conductance on buried pipe lines. It was thought that if all pipe line operators would follow a uniform procedure for making this determination in the field, they would be able to evaluate completed pipe coating jobs on an equal basis.
One of the first conclusions that the committee made was that it is physically impossible to measure coating conductance. Instead, “leakage conductance” is measured. Therefore, the committee says it is attempting to agree upon a satisfactory procedure to follow in the determination of the leakage conductance on a coated pipe line.
Another conclusion made by the committee and almost unanimously accepted by the participating members is that a problem in attenuation is being dealt with in principle.
After the committee members agreed upon the proper approach to make in working out...
