DESCRIPTION

Many complex analytical techniques may be combined to asses the causes and prevention of failures and contamination of plastic products:

• Optical microscopy with hot stage and automatic image analysis system (transmission, reflexion and polarized light modes)
• Scanning electron microscopy with elemental microanalysis (SEM / EDX)
• Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) including preparation of thin sections by cryo-ultramicrotomy
• Infrared spectroscopy with Fourier transform (FTIR, micro-FTIR) and attenuated total reflectance (ATR)
• Atomic force microscopy (AFM)
• Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
• Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)
• Gel permeation chromatography (GPC).