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Fourier Transform-Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) is a reliable and cost-effective analytical tool for identification of polymers and assessment of the quality of plastic materials. When a plastic material absorbs infrared light, typically in the mid-infrared region, the resulting spectrum (absorbance or transmittance) gives a distinctive “fingerprint” that can be used to easily screen and test samples for many different applications.
The quality and performance of plastic products depends on the quality of the polymer materials used during manufacturing, and so confirmation of identity and quality testing of materials is critical.
Our polymer testing laboratory provides expert infrared spectroscopy services for polymers used in diverse applications such as food, automotive, and packaging. Our FTIR expertise can deliver reliable data supporting the identification of polymer samples, qualitative analysis of polymer starting materials and finished products, quantification of components in polymer mixtures or analysis of in-process samples, analysis of competitor’s materials and comprehensive contamination analysis.
Polymer identification by Infrared Spectroscopy
We utilize both reflectance and transmission sampling approaches that are suitable for polymer analysis and through comparison against spectral databases we perform rapid and effective identification studies for samples of all types of polymer materials and all sizes including pellets, parts, opaque samples, fibers, powders, wire coatings, and liquids.
FTIR Quality Assessment of Polymers and Plastics
By comparison of the infrared spectra of a sample against and reference sample our polymer scientists can implement quality control assessment of the materials used by monitoring any differences. If differences are observed, then further FTIR studies can be deployed to help understand the potential contamination.