A holistic perspective of coatings technology.Organic coatings
are functional materials, working substances. They are used in a
wide variety of applications for a great number of reasons. Many
of the functions that coatings provide meet essential societal
needs. Their advancement has been and will continue to be
important to the advancement of technology and society. Holism
holism In the philosophy of the social sciences, the view that
denies that all large-scale social events and conditions are
ultimately explicable in terms of the individuals who
participated in, enjoyed, or suffered them. is the concept that
whole entities have an existence other than the mere sum of
their parts and that a broader perspective will yield better
understanding and results. A coating is not just a polymer or
pigments; a coating system is not just a primer and topcoat
acting independently; an end product (i.e., the product to be
coated) would not be as valuable without a properly functioning
coating system. A coating is a compl