Plastics

Plastics are widespread, as their material properties can be adjusted almost freely by specific combinations of polymeric macromolecules (matrix polymers) with low molecular weight additives. In product development, process control and failure analysis, a variety of analytical techniques are used to answer the following questions:

• characterization of used additives
• characterization of the monomer unit
• characterization of the end groups
• determination of the average molecular weight
• segregation
• surface diffusion
• adhesive properties
• surface topography
• control over surface modifications
• blooming
• particles, ...