Techniques
From Structure to Strength – Techniques for Verifying and Optimizing Your Polymer Materials
At SGS Polymer Solutions, we utilize a broad range of techniques to verify your product’s performance and uncover critical insights into your material’s properties and composition. Whether designing custom test protocols or meeting stringent regulatory standards, our polymer testing experts can help.
Tools & Techniques
Scientific expertise and technical support from first contact to final results.
Evaluating your material’s properties and behavior is essential to understanding how your product will perform under real-world conditions. We’ll guide you in selecting the right testing technique to ensure it performs as intended.
Chromatography
- Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC/SEC)
- Gas Chromatography (GCMS)
- High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
- Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS)
- General & Custom Chromatography Methods
Spectroscopy
- Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
- UV-Visible Spectroscopy (UV-VIS)
- Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES)
- X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy (XRF)
- Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS)
Microscopy
- Hot Stage Microscopy
- 3-D Digital Microscopy
- Optical Profilometer Non-Contact 3-D Profiling
- Optical Birefringence
- Scanning Electron Microscopy SEM and SEM/EDS
- Transmission Electron Microscopy TEM
Thermal Testing
- Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
- Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA)
- Ash Content by Combustion
- Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA)
- Melt Flow Rate (MFR)
- Rheology
Physical & Mechanical Testing
- Aging and Chemical Exposure
- Density / Specific Gravity
- Dimensional Analysis
- Durometer Hardness
- Tensile Strength and Modulus
- Flexural Strength and Modulus
- Compression Strength
- Izod and Charpy Impact
- Custom Test Fixtures
- Coefficient of Friction
- Custom Test Methods
Applied / Wet Chemistry
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Experience
Our laboratories are ISO 17025 accredited, cGMP compliant, and registered with both the FDA and DEA.
Medical devices and medical products: Packaging, tubing, drug delivery systems, bioreabsorbable scaffolds, stents, catheters.
Pharmaceutical products: Drugs, excipient testing, raw material testing, drug eluting stents, and combination device testing.
Industrial products: Film, fiber, o-rings, adhesives, coatings, circuit boards, and tires of all sizes and shapes.
Aerospace & Defense: Tear gas, body armor, bullets, explosives, laminates, propellants, and epoxy resins.
Consumer Products: Mascara, mattress foam, microwaveable food packaging, carpet, women’s lingerie, and tanning lotion.
Material Suppliers: Resins used in a variety of products, polymer plastic pellets.
Polymer Applications
- Additives Analysis
- Aging & Chemical Resistance
- Deformulation & Competitor Analysis
- Depth Profiling & Surface Analysis
- Extractables & Leachables Testing
- Failure Analysis
- Imported Goods Testing
- Lot Release Testing
- Material Certification & Qualification
- Material Selection
- Medical Product Testing
- Molecular Weight Analysis
- Phthalates Analysis
- Polymer Characterization
- Polymer Structure Analysis
- Product Release Testing
- Quality Control & Assurance
- Residual Monomer Testing
- Stress Testing