Plastic Testing and Material Analysis
Prime Testing Group Ltd. offers testing services on plastics, polymers and composite materials as below:
•Melt Flow Index (MFI)
ASTM D1238 Standard Test Method for Melt Flow Rates of Thermoplastics by Extrusion Plastometer
• CHARPY notched impact strength
ASTM D6110 Standard Test Method for Determining the Charpy Impact Resistance of Notched Specimens of Plastics
• Ash Content
ASTM D5630 Standard Test Method for Ash Content in Plastics
ASTM D2584 Standard Test Method for Ignition Loss of Cured Reinforced Resins
ISO 3451 Plastics - Determination of ash - Part 1: General methods
• Barcol Hardness
ASTM D2583 Standard Test Method for Indentation Hardness of Rigid Plastics by Means of a Barcol Impressor
• Brittleness Temperature
ASTM D746 Standard Test Method for Brittleness Temperature of Plastics and Elastomers by Impact
ISO 974 Plastics - Determination of the brittleness temperature by impact
• Brookfield Viscosity (Relative Viscosity of Polyamides)
ASTM D789 Standard Test Methods for Determination of Solution Viscosities of Polyamide (PA) 1, 2
ASTM D4878 Standard Test Methods for Polyurethane Raw Materials: Determination of Viscosity of Polyols
• Burst Test of Packages
ASTM F1140 Standard Test Methods for Internal Pressurization Failure Resistance of Unrestrained Packages
• Capillary Rheometry Shear Sweep
ASTM D3835 Standard Test Method for Determination of Properties of Polymeric Materials by Means of a Capillary Rheometer
ISO 11443 Plastics - Determination of the fluidity of plastics using capillary and slit-die rheometers
• Carbon Black Content
ASTM D1603 Standard Test Method for Carbon Black Content in Olefin Plastics
• Chemical Compatibility
ASTM D543 Standard Practices for Evaluating the Resistance of Plastics to Chemical Reagents
• Chip Resistance of Coatings
ASTM D3170 Standard Test Method for Chipping Resistance of Coatings
• CIE Lab (Color Analysis)
ASTM D6290 Standard Test Method for Color Determination of Plastic Pellets
ASTM E1347 Standard Test Method for Color and Color-Difference Measurement by Tristimulus Colorimetry
ASTM E308 Standard Practice for Computing the Colors of Objects by Using the CIE System
• Climbing Drum Peel
ASTM D1781 Standard Test Method for Climbing Drum Peel for Adhesives
• Coefficient Of Friction
ASTM D1894 Standard Test Method for Static and Kinetic Coefficients of Friction of Plastic Film and Sheeting
• Coefficient Of Friction (Thrust Washer Tester)
ASTM D3702 Standard Test Method for Wear Rate and Coefficient of Friction of Materials in Self-Lubricated Rubbing Contact Using a Thrust Washer Testing Machine
• Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
ASTM E831 Standard Test Method for Linear Thermal Expansion of Solid Materials by Thermomechanical Analysis
ASTM D696 Standard Test Method for Coefficient of Linear Thermal Expansion of Plastics Between −30°C and 30°C with a Vitreous Silica Dilatometer
ISO 11359-3 Plastics - Thermomechanical analysis (TMA) - Part 3: Determination of penetration temperature
• Color Analysis
ASTM D6290 Standard Test Method for Color Determination of Plastic Pellets
ASTM E1347 Standard Test Method for Color and Color-Difference Measurement by Tristimulus Colorimetry
ASTM E308 Standard Practice for Computing the Colors of Objects by Using the CIE System
• Combined Loading Compression
ASTM D6641 Standard Test Method for Compressive Properties of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials Using a Combined Loading Compression (CLC) Test Fixture
• Compression Set
ASTM D395 Standard Test Methods for Rubber Property - Compression Set
• Compression Test – Plastics
ASTM D695 Standard Test Method for Compressive Properties of Rigid Plastics
ISO 604 Plastics - Determination of compressive properties
• Compression Test – Composites
ASTM D3410 Standard Test Method for Compressive Properties of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials with Unsupported Gage Section by Shear Loading
• Compression Test - Composites CLC
ASTM D6641 Standard Test Method for Compressive Properties of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials Using a Combined Loading Compression (CLC) Test Fixture
• Compression Test - Core Flatwise
ASTM C365 Standard Test Method for Flatwise Compressive Properties of Sandwich Cores
• Contact Angle
ASTM D5946 Standard Test Method for Corona-Treated Polymer Films Using Water Contact Angle Measurements
• Damage Resistance – Core
ASTM D7766 Standard Practice for Damage Resistance Testing of Sandwich Constructions
• Heat Deflection Temperature (HDT)
ASTM D648 Standard Test Method for Deflection Temperature of Plastics Under Flexural Load in the Edgewise Position
• Density / Specific Gravity
ASTM D792 Standard Test Methods for Density and Specific Gravity (Relative Density) of Plastics by Displacement
• Density – Core
ASTM C271 Standard Test Method for Density of Sandwich Core Materials
• Dielectric Constant / Dissipation Factor
ASTM D150 Standard Test Methods for AC Loss Characteristics and Permittivity (Dielectric Constant) of Solid Electrical Insulation
IEC 60250 Recommended methods for the determination of the permittivity and dielectric dissipation factor of electrical insulating materials at power, audio and radio frequencies including metre wavelengths
• Dielectric Strength
ASTM D149 Standard Test Method for Dielectric Breakdown Voltage and Dielectric Strength of Solid Electrical Insulating Materials at Commercial Power Frequencies
IEC 60243-1 Electric strength of insulating materials - Test methods - Part 1: Tests at power frequencies
• Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
ASTM D3418 Standard Test Method for Transition Temperatures and Enthalpies of Fusion and Crystallization of Polymers by Differential Scanning Calorimetry
ASTM E1356 Standard Test Method for Assignment of the Glass Transition Temperatures by Differential Scanning Calorimetry
ISO 11357-1 Plastics - Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) - Part 1: General principles
• Dimensional Stability
ASTM D1204 Standard Test Method for Linear Dimensional Changes of Nonrigid Thermoplastic Sheeting or Film at Elevated Temperature
• Durometer Hardness (Shore)
ASTM D2240 Standard Test Method for Rubber Property - Durometer Hardness
• Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) – Torsion
ASTM D4065 Standard Practice for Plastics: Dynamic Mechanical Properties: Determination and Report of Procedures
ASTM D4440 Standard Test Method for Plastics: Dynamic Mechanical Properties Melt Rheology
ASTM D5279 Standard Test Method for Plastics: Dynamic Mechanical Properties: In Torsion
• Dynatup Impact (Instrumented Impact)
ASTM D3763 Standard Test Method for High Speed Puncture Properties of Plastics Using Load and Displacement Sensors
ISO 6603-1 Plastics - Determination of puncture impact behaviour of rigid plastics - Part 1: Non-instrumented impact testing
ISO 6603-2 Plastics - Determination of puncture impact behaviour of rigid plastics - Part 2: Instrumented impact testing
ISO 7765-1 Plastics film and sheeting - Determination of impact resistance by the free-falling dart method - Part 1: Staircase methods
ISO 7765-2 Plastics film and sheeting - Determination of impact resistance by the free-falling dart method - Part 2: Instrumented puncture test
• Elmendorf Tear
ASTM D1922 Standard Test Method for Propagation Tear Resistance of Plastic Film and Thin Sheeting by Pendulum Method
• Falling Dart Impact (Film)
ASTM D1709 Standard Test Methods for Impact Resistance of Plastic Film by the Free-Falling Dart Method
• Falling Dart Impact (Gardner)
ASTM D4226 Standard Test Methods for Precoat Capacity of Powdered Ion-Exchange Resins
ASTM D5420 Standard Test Method for Impact Resistance of Flat, Rigid Plastic Specimen by Means of a Striker Impacted by a Falling Weight (Gardner Impact)
ASTM D5628 Standard Test Method for Impact Resistance of Flat, Rigid Plastic Specimens by Means of a Falling Dart (Tup or Falling Mass)
• Flammability
ASTM D635 Standard Test Method for Rate of Burning and/or Extent and Time of Burning of Plastics in a Horizontal Position
ISO 3795 Road vehicles, and tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry - Determination of burning behaviour of interior materials
• Flexural Test – Plastics
ASTM D790 Standard Test Methods for Flexural Properties of Unreinforced and Reinforced Plastics and Electrical Insulating Materials
ISO 178 Plastics - Determination of flexural properties
• Flexural Test - Composites Four Point Bending
ASTM D6272 Standard Test Method for Flexural Properties of Unreinforced and Reinforced Plastics and Electrical Insulating Materials by Four-Point Bending
• Flexural Test – Composites
ASTM D7264 Standard Test Method for Flexural Properties of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials
