this conference proceedings contains 31 papers divided into three general areas: evaluation of material performance, adhesion and interfacial aspects of corrosion protection, and materials for corrosion protection. topics presented include alternating current impedance, underfilm darkening, anticorrosive paints, electrochemistry of polymer coatings, noise measurements for coatings, photocured coatings for steel, phosphate coatings, rinses, resins, coating degradation, coating cross-link density and polarity, acoustic emission measurements, interfaces, ultraviolet-cured lacquers, cathodic delamination, structural adhesives, adhesive joint failures, conversion coatings, zinc-pigmented coatings, azoles and acrylamides as anti-corrosives, corrosion of implanted prostheses, antifouling paints, polyurethane foams, plasma-deposited films, and rubber-coated fiberglass. technical and professional papers from this conference are indexed and abstracted with the conference code no. 09408 in the ei engineering meetings (tm) database produced by engineering information, inc