Polymer Testing

BTRA has sophisticated instruments for testing various materials and caters to multiple testing needs of manufacturers & suppliers of plastics, polymers, adhesives, paints, resins, rubbers, etc. The details are as follows -

• Thermal Analysis
  Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), High Pressure Differential Scanning Calorimetry (HPDSC), Thermogravimetric Analysis(TGA)
• Identification of products, determination of melting points, glass transition temperature, analysis of fillers, evaluation of thermal stability, degradation products, combustion products, thermal history, product purity and many more.
• Fourier Transform ? Infra Red(FT-IR) Analysis
  Characterisation and identification of organic compounds, polymers, wetting agents, finishing agents, binders and many more.
• X-ray Diffraction Studies
  Identification and characterization of various materials, based on the type of crystal and its x-ray diffraction pattern
• UV-Visible Spectrophotometer
  Purity determination and other spectrophotometer analysis
• Gel Permeation Chromatograph
  (GPC) For determination of average molecular weights and molecular weight distribution
• High Performance Liquid Chromatograph (HPLC)
  Analysis, identification & separation of different organic compounds
• Gas Chromatograph with Electron Capture Detector (GC-ECD)
  Almost all the halogenated organic compounds are analysed.
• Gas Chromatograph with Mass Selective Detectors (GC-MSD)
  Analysis of organic compounds which are volatile and up to 500 molecular weight
• Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer Heavy metals analysis
  Detection and quantification at ppm and ppb level
• Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
  Studies of surface characteristics and topography, particles dimensions and many more
• Evaluation of Flame Retardancy
  Measurement of oxygen requirement for a sample to burn and comparative evaluation of FR agents and chemicals.
• Static Charge Dissipation
  Evaluates static dissipation performance of plastic films, laminates, industrial fabrics etc. and suitable for performance comparison of antistatic agents.
• Instron ? 4240 (Universal Tensile Testing Machine)
  Studies in tensile, compression, bending, shear properties and cyclic testing
• Spectrophotometer
  Colour measurement, colour matching and specification of colour.