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For companies that manufacture rubber and plastic parts, processing issues are a serious contributor to reduced profit and increased waste....

New volatile compound testing capabilities permits samples to be exposed to temperatures of up to 300°C before sampling from the...

  Hydrolytically degradable polymers (HDP), or resorbable polymers, have greatly impacted modern medicine.  Resorbable polymers are a class of polymers...

Izod impact testing is a tool used in determining various characteristics such as strength, brittleness, and toughness of plastic, composite,...

Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry, also known as ICP-OES, is a method for analyzing the elemental composition of materials....

At SGS PSI, we offer a breadth of material analysis and testing services. We’re proud of our impressive range of...

Melt Flow Rate (MFR) is the mass of a polymer that flows through a capillary at a specified temperature and...

Dilute Solution Viscometry (DSV) is a testing method used to determine the relative, inherent, or intrinsic viscosity of a polymer....

Extractables are organic and inorganic chemicals that are released into an extraction solvent from a pharmaceutical packaging/delivery system, packaging component,...

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We’re going to discuss a hypothetical situation, similar to the ones we might receive with a product across the many...

Here at SGS Polymer Solutions, we love to make the world of analytical testing and polymer science more understandable. From...