Table 4. Salt Spray Resistance of Cured IBImIL/ImILA Epoxy Systems and their Adhesion Strengths at 40–50 °C in Seawater Fog Humidity >99%.

		disbonded area			adhesion strengths (MPa)
sample no.	exposure time (h)	cm2	%	ASTM D1654-92 rating	before salt spray	after salt spray exposure time
IBImIL/ImILA	0	0	0	10	14.5 ± 0.01	14.5 ± 0.02
	1000	0.4 ± 0.003	1 ± 0.002	10	14.5 ± 0.03	13.8 ± 0.04
	1200	1.2 ± 0.001	1 ± 0.001	9	14.5 ± 0.02	13.0 ± 0.06
	1500	2.1 ± 0.002	3 ± 0.003	8	14.5 ± 0.04	10.8 ± 0.02
	2000	13 ± 0.01	11 ± 0.01	6	14.5 ± 0.01	6.8 ± 0.02