
Rubber Testing

Chemical/Analytical Testing - Scope of Services

Our chemical laboratory can efficiently and accurately analyze raw materials and components of polymer products. Hundreds of manufactured products are routinely tested using a wide variety of analytical methods and wet chemistry techniques to identify and quantify constituent materials.

TGA

Plasticizer, polymer, black and ash content

Infrared Analysis

Type polymer
Bloom/surface analysis
ATR
KBr pellet
Impurity analysis
Fiber analysis

Complete Chemical Analysis

Type polymer
Type plasticizer
Type carbon black (including particle size and TEM)
% ash (filler analysis)
% total and free sulfur
Halogen presence
% extracts (acetone and chloroform)
Antidegradant analysis
Specific gravity
Suggested formula reconstruction

DSC

Melt point
Crystallinity
% purity
% cure
Tg