Polymers and rubbers are being regularly analyzed to check their composition and their toxic contents. Physical tests and Ageing tests are also being conducted. We are operating a Petroleum Testing Laboratory for a major Refinery. Tests routinely conducted for Polymers and Rubber materials in our Polymer Testing Laboratory are:

Polymer Properties

	Ash content
	Bulk density
	Compression set under constant deflection
	Compression Properties
	Charpy Impact
	Carbon black in Olefin Plastic
	Coefficient of Friction
	Deflection Temperature under Load (DTUL or HDT)
	Density and Specific Gravity
	Durometer Hardness (Shore Hardness)
	Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC)
	Dielectric Constant and Dissipation Factor
	Flexural Properties
	Flammability
	FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry)
	Impact Resistance of Plastic Film
	Izod Impact
	Melt Flow Index (MFI)
	Oxygen Concentration to Support Candle-like Combustion of Plastics
	Peel Tests
	QUV (AcceleratedWeathering)
	Resistance of Plastics to Chemical Reagents
	Surface Resistivity and Volume Resistivity
	Shear Strength by Punch Tool
	Tear Resistanceof Plastic Film by Pendulum Method (Elmendorf Tear)
	Tensile Teste of Plastics
	Tensile Tests of Rubber
	Thermo Gravimetric Analysis (TGA)
	Vicat Softening Temperature
	Viscosity of Polymers
	Water Absorption
	Xenon-Arc Exposure (Weather-Ometer®)

Failure analysis of polymer and rubber components

Polymer Major Equipments

	GCMS
	FTIR
	HPLCGC With ECD FID
	Gas Chromotograph(Nucon)
	Wind monitor
	XRF- Spectrometer
	Atomic Absorption Spectrometer
	HPLC/C