Introduction
This infographic guides you step-by-step through the selection criteria for your analytical testing requirements at each stage in the polymer production lifecycle from R&D to manufacture to recycling. Weigh up the pros and cons of analytical technologies before you buy.
Who is testing? What are they testing? When are they testing? Then compare technologies:
- Spectroscopy and Microscopy: FT-IR, FT-NIR, IR Microscopy and Imaging, UV-Vis NIR
- Thermal and Mechanical Analysis: DSC, TGA, STA, DMA, TMA
- Chromatography: GC, GC/MS, Headspace, Thermodesorption, HPLC, LC-MS/MS
- Elemental Analysis: Atomic Spectroscopy ICP-OES, ICP-MS
- Hyphenation: TG-IR, TG-MS, TG-GC/MS, TG-IR-GC/MS