Plastic analysis
The now universal use of polymeric materials makes sensitive and reliable analysis methods for their characterization from various aspects an undoubted necessity.
With a multitude of analysis options, an experienced specialist with the appropriate knowledge and equipment can offer a customer-oriented analysis of polymers, additives, foreign substances (contaminations) and recycling materials.
From product-accompanying analysis for quality assurance to damage analysis of plastics or materials to support in research and development work, I am happy to provide you with well-founded, practice-oriented specialist knowledge.
I offer a wide range of investigation methods and also advise on the selection of suitable methods and analysis conditions and support the interpretation of the results.
In the field of plastic analysis:
Chromatography
The term chromatography comes from the Greek (chroma “color” and graphein “write” in English, therefore color writing) and is a process used in chemistry. Here, a mixture of substances is separated into its individual components. This method is used, for example, in the production of substances to be cleaned. Chromatography is, however, particularly important in chemical analysis, since this allows a mixture of substances to be separated into its constituents for identification or quantitative determination.
Elemental analysis
Elemental analysis is part of analytical chemistry. With the help of elemental analysis, elements such as carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur, as well as phosphorus and halogens in organic and inorganic compounds can be determined. Either the components can only be determined, what is called qualitative elemental analysis, or the percentage of individual substances is determined, which is called quantitative elemental analysis.
Elemental analysis in research and production of chemical products is also used to check the purity of organic and inorganic substances.
Extraction
Extraction (from the Latin “extract”) is a physical separation process. With the help of an extracting agent, e.g. a heated solvent, a component is removed from a certain substance.
Rheology
Rheology (from ancient Greek rhine, English ‘flow’ and logos, English ‘teaching’) is a scientific method that deals with the flow and deformation behavior of substances and therefore includes sub-areas of elasticity theory, plasticity theory and fluid mechanics.
Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy refers to several physical methods that break down radiation according to a specific property such as wavelength, energy, mass, etc. The distribution of the intensity is called the spectrum. The optical spectra are viewed visually with so-called spectroscopes.
Thermal analysis
Thermal analysis can be used to test the physical and chemical properties of elements and connections. In the dynamic thermal analysis, the substance to be examined is slowly, which means in thermodynamic equilibrium, heated or cooled.
Voltammetry
The collective term voltammetry describes various electroanalytical methods for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of a sample. In this way, the chemical composition of the mixture of substances can be determined on the basis of the voltage-dependent current profile during plastic testing.
My services
Thanks to my expertise in the fields of plastic analysis, plastic processing and plastic development, I can help you analyze your plastic components and plastic products as well as the raw materials required for production.
Here, the physical test can achieve the following:
- The reliable determination of the density of plastics
- The careful measurement of properties such as color and gloss
- The determination of the contact angle and the reliable determination of the surface tension
- Microscopic properties of surfaces, broken surfaces and specific damage cases
- Precise thermal testing of plastics
I support you competently and practically in all of these tasks.
Do you have any questions? I would be happy to explain individual procedures or my services to you in a personal conversation. Describe your needs to me and I will make you an offer tailored to your company or project – of course the initial interview and the offer are free and completely non-binding for you! I look forward to your contact!