Biodegradation and Disintegration Testing:

• ISO 20200 Quantitative Disintegration Test – Industrial composting conditions
• Modified ISO 20200 Quantitative Disintegration Test – Home composting conditions
• OECD 301F “Ready Biodegradability”: an aerobic biodegradation test in aqueous inoculum
• Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) testing in aqueous inoculum
• ISO 17556 Ultimate Biodegradability in Soil Test
• Expertise with micro- and nanoplastics extraction, separation, and quality assurance / quality control measures. Select internal methods, novel method development, and deployment of ASTM or ISO methods available for this purpose.

Microplastics & Nanoplastics Characterization* and Additional Analytical Testing

Spectroscopy:

• Mid Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) *
• Raman Spectroscopic Imaging System (chemical imaging) *
• Ultraviolet-Visible Spectroscopy
• Visible Spectroscopy for % Carbon Black

NMR Spectroscopy:

• Proton NMR Spectroscopy
• Carbon NMR Spectroscopy
• 2D NMR Spectroscopy
• NMR – Other Nuclei (F, Si, P etc.)
• % EO in EO/PO Samples by Proton NMR

Chromatography & Mass Spectrometry:

• Gas Chromatography – Area % only
• Gas Chromatography – Quantitative
• Pyrolysis GC-MS (qualitative and quantitative chemical identification) *
• Migration Study by LC, GC
• High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) – Area %
• HPLC – Quantitative
• HPLC and GC with high-resolution MS for additives, leachables, extractables *
• LC/MS Quantitative
• Migration Study by LC, GC
• Ion Chromatography – Quantitative
• MALDI-MS Unknown Identification
• MALDI/MS Imaging Analysis
• TOC

Microscopy & Particle Analysis:

• Light Microscopies
• SEM / EDS *
• DLS or ELS *
• AFM *
• ICP General metals

Thermal & Mechanical Analysis:

• DSC *
• TGA *
• TMA
• DMA *
• Heat capacity
• High Pressure Oxidative Induction Time (OIT)
• Oxidative Induction Time (OIT)
• Rheology

Molecular Weight Distribution:

• GPC (non-routine, aqueous, high temperature)