Indentification of Rubber & Plastic Materials

Smithers Rapra provides a comprehensive analytical service to Industry, individuals & other consultants. Our libraries have references to the majority of standard materials & enable our consultant team to identify a wide range of polymer materials.

Request for material analysis are often to answer the following questions:

• What materials are my competitors using in their products?
• Is my material supplier providing the same material as sampled?
• Can you monitor the quality of material supplied to me by my supplier?
• hat material do I need to specify for my product?

The range of materials analysed include

• Thermoplastic composites
• Cured elastomers
• Thermosets & composite materials & products
• Polymer additives & compounding ingredients
• Other polymer based products including additives coatings, adhesives, inks & paints

The analytical techniques used at Smithers Rapra are constantly being reviewed & embrace new technology & developments. Principal techniques currently include:

• Spectroscopic - (FT-IR, Infrared Microspectroscopy, UV/Vis Spectroscopy)
• Chromatographic (HPLC, GPC, GC, GC-MS, IC)
• Thermal (DSC, TGA, DMTA, Thermal Diffusivity)
• Plus - a range of wet chemical & other general, specialist or miscellaneous techniques.