Plastic Testing Laboratory and Analysis Service

The Plastic & Polymer Testing and Analysis Laboratory

 Associated Polymer Labs Inc

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Plastic Testing Laboratory and Analysis Service

Need to outsource laboratory work to perform Plastics testing, analysis, evaluation, de-formulation, failure analysis, studies, research, development, and experimentation? Or simply want to save time and money by calling an independent 3rd party contract laboratory?  Find out why many Contract Laboratories send their samples to Associated Polymer Labs. 

Service, Integrity, Poise and Value, that's what you will find using Associated Polymer Labs plastic testing service. Over 33 years experience in Plastic Testing Laboratory. We offer custom testing, fixture design, and in-line tests.

Turnaround Time

Associated Polymer Labs provides some of the shortest turnaround times in the industry. Many of the tests we perform require 3-5 days. Though some extensive tests take longer, we prefer to complete all testing within 10 working days. Projects require more time.  All reports are emailed.

Rush turn around, less than 24 hours, is double the regular price. Two day service is 50% more.

Laboratory Capabilities

Associated Polymer Labs ( TestPlastic.com )  can assist your company, organization, academic institution, or government agency in  your routine and non-routine Plastic and Polymer testing, analysis, experiments, deformulation, product development, feasibility, and research studies such as the following (BOLD indicates testing we specialize in):

• • Accelerated Age Testing

  • Additive Analysis Testing

  • Additive in Plastic Testing

  • Adult Diapers, Briefs, Culottes - Performance, leakproof, puncture, and waterproofness testing service

  • Analysis of Plastics and Polymers

  • Antioxidants in Polyethylene - ASTM D 6042

  • Ash Content Testing - ASTM D 5630

  • Blocking Test

  • Brittleness Temperature Testing

  • BPA ( bisphenol A ) in  Plastic Testing

  • Brookfield Viscosity Testing

  • Bubble Wrap testing service - Barrier or Regular, Co-ex Bubble, Nylon Content

  • Bulk Testing

  • Bulk Density Testing

  • Capillary Rheometry Testing - ASTM D 3835

  • Capillary Rheology Testing

  • Capillary Rheology of Plastics

  • Capillary Rheology Laboratory

  • Capillary Measurements

  • Capillary Rheometer - Measure Viscosity versus Shear Rate

  • Capillary Rheometry Shear Sweep

  • Carbon Fiber Content Testing

  • Carbon Black Content - ASTM D 1603

  • Chemical Foaming Agent Testing

  • Charpy Impact Testing

  • Chemical Compatibility Testing - ASTM D 543

  • Chemical Resistance Testing

  • Chromatography of Plastic and Polymers

  • Coated Fabrics - Waterproofness Rating and Values, ASTM D 3393, ISO 811, AATCC 127, any thickness and sample size.

  • Coating Rheology Testing

  • Coefficient of Friction Testing - ASTM D 1894

  • Coefficient of Thermal Expansion Testing

  • Coefficient of linear thermal expansion test TMA - ASTM E 831

  • Cohesive Adhesion Testing

  • Compression Set Testing - ASTM D 395

  • Compression Testing

  • Conduct contaminant and defect analysis

  • Consumer Plastic Testing

  • Content Analysis for Composite Materials - ASTM D 3171

  • Creep Testing - ASTM D 2990

  • Creep Compliance Testing

  • Cure Kinetics Testing

  • Deformulation Testing

  • Density - Specific Gravity - ASTM D 792

  • Determine Leachables and Extractables in Polymeric Materials - CFR 177.1520 (limited to polyolefins)

  • Differential Scanning Calorimetry Testing - ASTM D 3418

  • Dilute Solution Viscosity Testing

  • Dimensions Testing - ASTM D 1204

  • Durometer Testing - ASTM D 2240

  • Dynamic Material Properties Testing

  • Dynamic Mechanical Analysis Testing - ASTM D 4440, ASTM D 4065

  • Dynamic Mechanical Spectroscopy Testing

  • Dynes testing for surface energy of plastic films - ASTM D 2578

  • Elastic Modulus Testing - E’ and G’

  • Elastomer Testing

  • Elmendorf Test Testing - ASTM D 1922

  • Elongation Testing

  • Elongation to Break Testing

  • Environmental Stress Testing

  • Environmental Stress Crack Resistance Testing - ASTM D1693

  • Expert Witness in Plastics, Rheology, and Polymer Science

  • Extractability of Additives Testing

  • Extractables Testing

  • Extraction Testing

  • Failure Analysis Testing

  • Falling Dart Impact - ASTM D 4226

  • Feasibility Studies Testing

  • Film Testing Laboratory and Service

  • Flex Testing - ASTM D 790

  • Flexural Properties Testing

  • Flexural Modulus Testing

  • Flexural Properties of Matrix Composites - ASTM D 7264

  • Flex Modulus Testing

  • Flow Rate Testing

  • Flow Analysis of Polymers and Plastics

  • Foam Testing Service

  • Foam processing service

  • Foam, Polyethylene selection and melt strength evaluation

  • Foamability Window of Polyolefins Testing Service

  • Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy - ASTM E 1252

  • FTIR of Plastic Testing

  • Frequency Sweep Testing

  • Gardner Impact Testing

  • Gas chromatography mass spectroscopy Testing

  • GCMS Analysis of Plastic Testing

  • Gel content and swell ratio of crosslinked plastics - ASTM D 2765

  • Gel Permeation Chromatography ( GPC ) Testing

  • Gel Time of Carbon Fiber Epoxy - Prepreg - ASTM D 3532

  • Gloss Testing - ASTM D 2457

  • Gurley Stiffness Testing

  • Hardness Testing

  • Haze and Transmittance Testing - ASTM D 1003

  • Headspace analysis for odors, contamination, or compound purity

  • Heat Deflection Testing

  • Heat Deflection Temperature Testing

  • High Shear Rate Testing

  • High Shear Viscometry Testing

  • Hot Melt Adhesive Rheology

  • Hydrostatic Pressure Testing - AATCC 127, ISO 811, and ASTM D3393

  • Identify unknown materials

  • Identify plastics before purchasing

  • Impact Testing

  • Impurities Testing

  • Infrared Spectroscopy - ASTM E 1252 Obtaining Spectra for Qualitative Analysis

  • Infrared Spectrogram - MIL-P-85891 - A potassium bromide ( KBr ) pellet is prepared

  • Inherent Viscosity - ASTM D 4603

  • In-Plant Testing Service

  • In-Plant training seminars

  • Intrinsic Viscosity - ASTM D 2857

  • Instrumented Creep Testing

  • Interfacial surface tension - adhesion properties and adhesive characteristics

  • Izod Impact Testing - ASTM D 256, D 4812

  • Lap Shear Testing

  • Leaching Studies Testing

  • Leachability Testing

  • Linear Thermal Expansion Testing

  • Log tan-delta versus log viscosity to determine foamability index of polyolefins

  • Log Viscosity versus Log Shear Rate Testing

  • Loss Modulus E” and G” Testing

  • Low Shear Rate Testing

  • Low Shear Viscometry Testing

  • MALS Testing - Multi Angle Light Scattering

  • Mass Spectroscopy of Plastic Additives Testing

  • Material Specification Testing

  • Measure Leachables and Extractables in Plastic Materials

  • Measuring Polymeric Surface Modifications in Catheters, Medical Devices, and Packaging

  • Measuring Viscosity

  • Mechanical Properties Testing

  • Mechanical Properties of Plastic and Polymer Testing Lab

  • Melt Flow Index Testing - ASTM D 1238 on polyethylene or polypropylene (for a lower price than for other resins)

  • Melt Flow Rate Testing - ASTM D 1238

  • Melt Flow Testing

  • Melt Strength of Polyethylene - In-house and In-Plant - SPE Foams Division, 2009 Presentation

  • Melt Volume Rate Testing - ISO 1133

  • Migration Studies, Testing and Research

  • Migration Testing

  • MIL-P-85891 Infrared Spectrogram Test Section 315260BR2030

  • Moisture Testing

  • Moisture Analysis of 3D Printing Materials

  • Molecular Weight of Polymers in THF Testing

  • Molecular Weight Distribution ( MWD ) Testing

  • Navy Military Specification MIL-P-85891A, Specification Section 4.5.2

  • Notched Izod Impact Testing - ASTM D 256

  • Odor Testing

  • Optical Microscope Testing

  • Outdoor Weathering of Plastics and Polymers Testing

  • Oven Aging Testing

  • Oxidative Stability Testing

  • Oxidation Induction Time ( OIT ) Testing

  • Oxygen Transmission Rate Testing

  • Protective Packaging Testing

  • Peel Strength Testing

  • Perform counterfeit testing

  • Physical Properties Testing

  • Phthalate Levels in PVC Plastic Testing

  • Phthalate measurement

  • Phthalate detection

  • Plastic Identification Testing

  • Plastic ID and Type (1-7) Testing

  • Plastic Rheology Testing

  • Plastic Recycled Materials (1-7) Testing

  • Plasticizer Compatibility Testing

  • Plastics and Polymers Discoloration Testing

  • Plastisol Testing

  • Poisson’s Ratio - ASTM D 638

  • Polyamide Testing

  • Polymer Analysis Testing

  • Polymer Flow Analysis Testing

  • Post Consumer Plastic Testing, PCR Post Consumer Recycled Plastic

  • Post Industrial Plastic Testing

  • Potassium bromide pellet for FTIR analysis - 0.5 mg in 200 mg KBr - Infrared spectrogram from 4000 to 400 cm-1

  • Prepreg Curing and Gel Time Testing

  • Printer Ink Testing - viscosity and flow to adhesive strength and bonding

  • 3D Printer Filament Testing and Extrusion

  • Product materials testing and analysis

  • Product Evaluation

  • Product Longevity and Shelf Life Determination

  • Product Failure Analysis

  • Propagation Tear Resistance of Plastic Film - ASTM D 1922

  • Properties of Polymeric Materials using a Capillary Rheometer

  • Puncture Testing

  • PVC Testing

  • PVC formulation and bench scale compounding

  • Quality Control Testing

  • Quality Evaluation Testing

  • Qualitative Analysis of Plastic Testing

  • Quantitative Analysis of Plastic Testing

  • Reactivity Testing

  • Recycled Plastic Identification and Type Grade ( 1-7 ) Testing

  • Reference Films for FTIR - Custom compounding additives in plastics

  • Relative Viscosity Testing

  • Residual Monomer Testing

  • Residual Styrene Monomer Testing in Coffee Cups

  • Resilience Testing

  • Resistivity Testing

  • Reverse Engineering Testing

  • Reverse Engineer New Products

  • Rheological Testing

  • Rheological Properties of Plastics and Polymers

  • Rheology 25mm Plates for Sale for SR5 heated parallel plates

  • Rheology - Frequency Sweep

  • Rheology - Zero Shear Viscosity

  • Rheometer Testing

  • Rheometry Shear Sweep

  • Rheometer - Capillary, Controlled Stress, Controlled Strain, Solids Analyzer RSA II, Extrusion Plastometer, Parallel Plates, Cone and Plate

  • Rheology - Temperature Ramp or Sweep

  • RoHS Testing

  • Rotational Rheometry Testing

  • Rubber Properties Testing

  • Shear Rate Testing

  • Shear Strength Testing

  • Shelf life stability

  • Shelf life testing services

  • Shore Hardness Testing

  • Slip Agent Identification and Quantification Testing

  • Slip Resistance Testing

  • Softening Point Testing

  • Solid Phase Micro Extraction ( SPME ) Testing - Mass Spectroscopy

  • Soluble Matter Testing

  • Solubles Testing

  • Solution Viscosity Testing

  • Solvent Extract Testing

  • Solvent Resistance Testing

  • Specific Gravity Testing

  • Spectrophotometry of Plastics and Additives Testing

  • Spectroscopy of Plastic Testing

  • Stability Testing

  • Stain Resistance Testing

  • Stiffness Measurement Testing

  • Storage Modulus E’ and G’ Testing

  • Stress / Strain Curves

  • Stress Relaxation Testing

  • Stress Resistance Testing

  • Stress Sweep Testing

  • Surface Energy of Plastic

  • Surface Resistivity Testing - ASTM D 257

  • Tear Resistance Testing

  • Temperature Ramp - Sweep - Testing

  • Tensile Elongation Testing

  • Tensile Izod Testing

  • Tensile Impact Testing - ASTM D 1822

  • Tensile Modulus Testing - ASTM D 882

  • Tensile Strength Testing

  • Tensile Testing of Rubber - ASTM D 412

  • Tensile Testing of Plastic Film - ASTM D 882

  • Tensile Testing of Plastic - ASTM D 638

  • Tensile Testing of Plastic - Microtensile - ASTM D 1708

  • Thermal Aging Testing

  • Thermal Analysis Testing Lab

  • Thermal Expansion Testing

  • Thermal Gravimetric Analysis Testing - ASTM E 1131

  • Thermal Oxidative Stability Testing

  • Thermal Properties Testing

  • Thermal Plastics and Polymers Testing

  • Thixotropic Evaluation Testing

  • Time Temperature Superposition Testing

  • Transmittance Testing

  • Ultraviolet-Vilot Light Spectroscopy Testing

  • Ultralite backpack and hiking gear evaluation

  • Universal Testing Machine

  • UV-Vis light testing

  • Verify chemical structure and mixture composition

  • Vicat softening point

  • Viscoelastic Testing

  • Viscosity Testing

  • Viscosity Profile Testing

  • Viscosity Number Testing - ISO 307

  • Volatiles Content of Composite Prepreg - ASTM D 3530

  • Volatile Organic Compound ( VOC ) Testing

  • Water Absorption Testing

  • Waterproofness Testing of Fabrics, Ultralight Hiking Gear, Performance Sport Wear, Tents and Tarps

  • Water Vapor Transmission Rate Testing - ASTM E96

  • Wearability testing - Perform Hiking Gear testing - infield analysis - Appalachian Trail Evaluations - Extream weather testing, 15 hours of rain

  • Wetting Tension of Polyethylene and Polypropylene Films - ASTM D 2578, ISO-8296, TAPPI T-698

  • Yield Point Testing

  • Yield Stress Analysis Testing

• Zero Shear Viscosity Testing