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Synopsis
We can
help meet all of your material testing and characterization
needs. State-of-the-art polymer, composite and blend
characterization techniques and equipment, a team
of world-class analytical scientists, and the credibility provided
by ISO-9001
certification as
well as by GLP/cGMP (Good Laboratory Practices /
Current Good Manufacturing Practices) registration
with the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration,
are all available to
clients of B&A from our strategic partner for analytical
laboratory services.
We provide our consulting expertise in working closely with
you to ensure that the most appropriate tests are performed and
that their results are interpreted and utilized as effectively
as possible.
 
Please
contact us now at (989)631-9237 or info@polymerexpert.biz or use our online form to discuss your material
testing and characterization needs. The first
consultation session is always provided free of
charge.
If
you prefer to learn more about our analytical laboratory
resources before you contact us, please see the
further information provided below regarding the
available
techniques and equipment.
Techniques
Mechanical
properties:
Many types of
instruments and techniques are available for determining the
mechanical and rheological properties of polymers. The properties that can be
measured include tensile and toughness properties, time-dependent
properties (such as stress relaxation), and solution and melt flow
properties. The ability
to characterize and thus elucidate the underlying causes of the
fracture behavior of a specimen is often important in product
liability lawsuits.
Thermal
analysis: Many techniques are
available to characterize the thermal and physical properties of
materials; including glass transition temperature, crystalline
melting temperature, percent crystallinity, specific heat, phase
transition enthalpies, kinetic constants, degradation temperature,
viscoelastic properties, percent weight loss, material softening
temperature, and thermal expansion coefficient.
Microscopy:
Various instrumental
techniques are available. The magnification can range from x20 by
optical microscopy or scanning electron microscopy to x500,000 by
transmission electron microscopy. Specific determinations include
the distribution of phases, melt and phase behavior, porosity,
concentrations and average sizes of particles, size distributions of
particles, crystallization kinetics, and fracture
analysis.
Molecular
characterization: Many instrumental
techniques are available to determine the structure and identity of
organic and inorganic molecules. Specific determinations include
unknown identification, purity determination, functional group
analysis, molecular weight, and polymer
analysis.
Separation science: Various techniques,
including quantitative and qualitative determination of materials,
solvents, purity, homogeneity, molecular weight, and molecular
weight distribution, are used to characterize mixture
compositions.
Equipment
Mechanical
Properties and Thermal Analysis:
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TA Instruments
DSC, TGA, TMA, and DMA.
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Perkin-Elmer DSC and
TGA.
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Zwick mechanical
testing device (compression, tensile, 3 point
bend).
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Carri-Med CSL 500
controlled stress rheometer.
Microscopy:
·
Leitz polarized light
microscope.
·
Hitachi transmission
electron microscope with digital
imaging.
·
TopoMetrix scanning
probe microscope.
·
Amray scanning electron microscope w/energy dispersive
x-ray detector,
sputter coater, vacuum evaporator coater, and
cryoultramicrotome.
Molecular Characterization:
·
Finnigan 4500
electron impact (EI), chemical ionization (CI), and
GC-MS.
·
Finnigan TSQ 700 high
resolution electrospray and LC-MS.
·
Finnigan MALDI-TOF
mass spectrometer.
·
Hewlett Packard 6890
gas chromatographs - Hewlett Packard 5972 and 5973 mass
spectrometric detection.
·
Agilent liquid
chromatograph with mass spectrometric
detection.
·
Hitachi liquid
chromatograph with mass spectrometric
detection.
·
Nicolet 20-DBX FT-IR
spectrometer (with Nicolet-Aldrich and Hummel
libraries).
·
Nicolet NicPlanâ FTIR Microscope.
·
Varian 300 MHz NMR
(1H, 13C, 19F, 29Si, 2D
COSY, NOESY, HETCOR).
·
Cary UV-Visible
spectrometer.
·
Shimadzu 5000A total
organic carbon analyzer.
Separation Science:
·
Hewlett Packard 5890
gas chromatographs.
·
Varian 3400 gas
chromatograph (with high speed
capabilities).
·
Hewlett Packard 6890
gas chromatograph - Hewlett Packard 5972 and 5973 mass spectrometric
detection.
·
Beckman System Gold
ternary gradient HPLC.
·
Beckman System Gold
capillary electrophoresis instrument.
·
Thermo-Separation
Products modular ternary gradient HPLC.
·
Waters isocratic
modular HPLC.
·
Agilent liquid
chromatograph with mass spectrometric
detection.
·
Hitachi liquid
chromatograph with mass spectrometric
detection.
·
Waters aqueous and
organic size exclusion chromatographs.
·
Waters 150C high
temperature size exclusion
chromatograph.
·
Polymer Laboratories’
evaporative light scattering detector.
Other laboratory
resources that can be deployed to help meet
your material testing and characterization needs are available
through our strategic partner for product research and development,
as well as from a composite material testing laboratory with
which we have partnered in order to best serve the specialized needs
of our clients in the area of advanced composites.
A powerful
network of additional experts and laboratory resources, with a wide
variety of other advanced techniques and equipment available,
further enhances our ability to serve as a comprehensive Solution
Provider for your polymer and composite material testing and
characterization needs.
Call
Bicerano & Associates
Consulting, Inc. at (989)631-9237
or use our online form or email
us at info@polymerexpert.biz today!
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