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Thermal characterizations related to softening temperatures and deflection temperatures under load. VICAT softening temperature measurement: Thermal test able to determine the softening temperature, expressed in a good approximation as the glass transition temperature for amorphous polymers and at the melting...

Measurements of the brittleness limit temperature and cold springback. Measurement of the brittleness limit temperature (Brittleness Point): Determination of the temperature at which materials (rubber and plastics) subjected to defined stress conditions become brittle. Cold spring-back temperature measurement (TR test):...

Rheological characterization test normally performed on polymeric matrices, provides information on the ease of flowing through a nozzle. The test to determine the melt flow index of a material, or "Melt Flow Index" (MFI), is rather important as a rheological...

Rheological characterization test capable of identifying the density of a thermoplastic or elastomeric material. With this test we intend to determine the density of a material, which would be an intrinsic rheological property, calculated by means of the ratio between...

Mechanical test performed to evaluate the behavior of rubber compounds under static compression. This test is mainly required for the characterization of rubber compounds in the automotive sector, it involves compression with set deformation and conditioning at different temperatures or...

Hardness is an analysis that allows you to measure the resistance resulting from the material to being penetrated by an indenter. The hardness of polymers (rubbers, plastics) is generally measured using a Shore hardness tester; in Plastlab it is possible...

Mechanical test which includes falling from a height of a dart with a defined weight. The test is performed by impacting a defined potential energy with a dart of standard dimensions. Essentially performed to evaluate failure of plastic substrates or...

Characterization test which analyzes the ability of a component to resist impact. This mechanical test consists in impacting a sample (which can be with or without notch) through the use of hammers and pendulums with defined weights, therefore characteristic potential...

Mechanical characterization tests representing the intrinsic behavior of the material when subjected to external stresses. Plastlab laboratories have the option of using two dynamometers based on the test to be performed and the sample to be tested: Instron dynamometer with...

Instrument that allows you to magnify samples up to 1000x through the use of the visible spectrum and a series of lenses. The optical microscope is one of the basic tools in laboratories that perform characterizations on polymers and elastomers,...

qualitative technique often used for the analysis of defects in polymeric materials and metals. The SEM technique, literally Scanning Electronical Microscopy, exploits the excitation of the electrons inside the atoms of the sample to take a "photograph" of the piece...

Quali-quantitative thermoanalytical technique capable of exploiting the increase in temperature and inert or oxidizing atmospheres to identify the quantity and nature of the various components of the compounds. The thermogravimetric technique therefore exploits the increase in temperature and the change...

Thermoanalytical method that allows to measure the energy exchanges and therefore determine the thermal characteristics and phase changes of the material, in addition to the % crystallinity of the semi-crystalline polymers. Differential scanning calorimetry, as can be guessed from the...

Qualitative technique for the identification of the molecular nature of materials such as rubbers and plastics. Each organic material has its own infrared spectrum, determined by the vibrational modes of the atoms and their chemical surroundings in the molecule itself....