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DACCO SCI, INC., is a multidiscipline company providing a comprehensive array of technical services for government, utility, and commercial clients nationwide. Founded in 1988, DACCO SCI, INC., has experience in corrosion engineering, corrosion science, surface analysis, adhesive bonding, materials characterization, field testing and inspection, failure analysis, and problem solving.

DACCO SCI, INC., specializes in the application of innovative and creative techniques to solve a variety of materials problems, including corrosion and environmentally induced degradation.  Its services and activities range from corrosion engineering to research and development.  It is able to bridge the gap between practical implementation and laboratory research.

DACCO SCI, INC.'s, corrosion engineering experience includes buried and underground pipelines, above ground and underground storage tanks, roadways, bridges, mass transit, ships, marine structures, and aircraft.  Its field services include pre-design testing of soils, design of corrosion prevention and control (CPC) schemes such as cathodic protection, supervision of the installation of the CPC system during construction, and lifetime inspection of structures.

DACCO SCI, INC.'s, proprietary in-situ corrosion sensors detect coating degradation and substrate corrosion of the structure or specimen of interest in arbitrary environments.  The sensors extend the use of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) from immersion in the laboratory to ambient environments in the field.  The sensors facilitate coating development/screening, enable condition-based maintenance, and allow direct comparison and correlation between field or service degradation and accelerated laboratory testing.

DACCO SCI, INC., is independent of all manufacturing companies and can provide objective materials screening and analysis of problem areas and equipment designs, unobstructed by considerations of production revenue.

DACCO SCI, INC., is a U.S. Small Business Administration, Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) certified business.

DACCO SCI, INC. ¤ 10260 Old Columbia Road ¤ Columbia, MD 21046
(410) 381-9475 (Baltimore) ¤ (301) 596-7019 (Washington) 
(410) 381-9643 FAX
dacres@daccosci.com (Chester Dacres) 
davis@daccosci.com (Guy Davis)

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Please send any comments to dacres@daccosci.com
19 March 2003
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