Identification and characterisation of plastic materials
Sometimes, the person responsible for placing contact articles on the market does not know what material the product is made with, and this information is very important when it comes to deciding which food safety tests must be applied. In addition, in order to see how it behaves, we may require certain parameters that characterise the material.
Description of services related to the characterisation of plastic materials
The services we offer are:
- Material identification tests
- Tensile test according to standard ISO 527
- Compression test according to standard ISO 604
- Flexure test according to standard ISO 178
- Izod impact resistance according to standard ISO 180
- Charpy impact resistance according to standard ISO 179
- Determination of the melt flow index according to standard ISO 1133
- Rheological analysis (rheology flow curves or temperature ramps)
- Determination of density according to standard UNE EN ISO 1183-1
- Shore hardness according to standard ISO 868
- Rockwell hardness according to standard ISO 2039
- Determination of the heat deflection temperature according to standard ISO 75
- Determination of Vicat softening temperature according to standard ISO 306
- Inorganic filler content
- Thermal analysis by DSC
- Determination of internal stresses
- Viscosity index
- Glow-wire end-product test and guidance according to standard UNE EN 60695-2-1/11
- Glow-wire flammability test on materials according to standard UNE EN 60695-2-1/2
- Glow-wire ignition test on materials according to standard UNE EN 60695-2-1/3
- Determination of oxidation induction time according to standard UNE EN 728
- Determination of water absorption according to standard ISO 62 (with injection)
Moisture content