Stability and lifetime

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Stability and lifetime testing refer to the change of an important functional property important for the function.

 

Life time predictions refer to the process to predict the service life of a material or a product from accelerated ageing tests. The life time of polymer materials is affected by processing conditions, environmental parameters and mechanical loads among others.

 

The functional lifetime may refer to the chemical lifetime but can also be limited by physical ageing, creep or interactions with surrounding media, e.g. water changing the properties with time.

Keywords

  • Accelerated ageing
  • Chemical stability
  • Thermal degradation
  • Oxidation
  • Hydrolysis
  • Testing
  • Simulation
  • Acceleration factor
  • Activation energy
  • Kinetics

Services

  • Accelerated ageing using climate chamber, oven ageing and UV irradiation among others.
  • Design of accelerated ageing program
  • Kinetic evaluation of the ageing process
  • Physical, chemical and mechanical characterisation

Stability and lifetime

Competence

Polymer technology

  • Polymer materials
  • Polymer processing
  • Characterisation
  • Curing of thermoset

 

Epoxy technology

  • Curing progress
  • Conversion, vitrification
  • Curing kinetics
  • Resin and curing systems

 

Analysis & Characterisation

  • DSC, TGA
  • DMA
  • Tensile testing
  • Creep testing
  • Diffusion properties

Stability and lifetime

  • Accelerated ageing
  • Climate chamber
  • Life time prediction
  • Reaction kinetics
  • Life time extension

 

Simulation & Modeling

  • Heat transfer
  • Structural mechanics
  • Flow properties
  • Diffusions properties
  • Electric properties

 

Flow properties

  • Viscosity
  • Viscosity function
  • Pseudo-plastic
  • Thixotropy
  • Flow behaviour

 

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Contact: info@polymira.se