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Do you need testing to identify the composition of a material? Reverse
engineering a material can provide valuable insight to help you replace an
obsolete or unknown material, understand a competitor's technology and costs,
or help you protect a patent. We can help you disassemble a material to
identify and/or quantify its basic components including, but not limited to,
polymers, crosslinkers, catalysts, plasticizers, fillers, additives, solvents.
Dow Corning Analytical Solutions has the expertise and a wide range of
instrument capabilities you need to determine an unknown material's
composition.
Benefits
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Protect patents
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Assess new technology
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Replace obsolete products or unknown materials
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Understand costs of competitor's materials
Case Study - Lubricant Product Deformulation
An aerospace customer needed to replace an effective lubricant in their
equipment but found that the grease was no longer manufactured. Dow Corning
Analytical Solutions deformulated the lubricant to identify its composition and
tested its key physical properties. The results provided information to
recommend a comparable Dow Corning Molykote® lubricant.
Understand product chemistries and properties through:
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Chemical Structure
Identification (PDF size = 163 KB)(Raman, IR, NMR, UV-VIS)
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Chromatography and Separations (GPC, HPLC, IC, GC)
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Mass Spectrometry (PDF
size = 180 KB) (GC-MS, LC-MS, FT-MS, MALDI-TOF-MS, GC-TOF-MS)
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Microscopy (optical, AFM, SEM, TEM, laser confocal microscopy)
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Surface Analysis (XPS or ESCA, contact angle, surface tension,
interferometry)
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Elemental Testing (WDXRF, ICP-AES, ICP-MS, XRD)
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Thermal Analysis (PDF
size = 172 KB) (TGA, DSC, DMA, TMA, Py-GCMS, flashpoint)
Please contact us by e-mail or call one of our global locations to discuss your specific testing needs.
Analytical capabilities
brochure (PDF size = 700 KB)
Analytical
services brochure - multiple languages
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