Contracting & Testing Analysis
The Forefront of Testing Services
NIMA researchers are fully equipped to offer a wide range of tests including composition, formulation, routine testing, non-routine analysis, failure analysis, physical properties, and more. Additionally, supporting research capabilities are provided by the Pittsburg State University Departments of Plastics Engineering Technology and Chemistry.
Testing Services
- Tensile (at different temperatures)
- Compressive (at different temperatures)
- Flexural (at different temperatures)
- Impact
- Rebound Resilience
- Foam Characteristics (Foamat)
- Temperature
- Cream, Tack-Free, and Rise Time
- Dielectric Properties
- Hardness (Shore A, D, and Vickers Indenter)
- Open/Closed Cell
- Density
- Solid
- Solution
- Viscosity
- Melt
- Solution
- Abrasion
- Friability
- Environmental Stability (light, solution, temperature)
- Microstructure
- Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
- Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
- Crystallinity and Phase Purity using X-Ray Diffraction
- Surface Area and Porosity
- Elemental Analysis using X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer
- Thermogravimetry (TGA)
- Thermogravimetry with FT-IR and GC-MS
- Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
- Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer (DMA)
- Thermomechanical Analyzer (TMA)
- Flammability
- Dimensional Stability
- Thermal Conductivity (R-value)
- FT-IR
- Raman
- NMR
- Hydroxyl Number
- Epoxy Number
- Acid Value
- Isocyanate Content
- Caloric Value of Solids and Liquids
- Molecular Weight
- Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC)
- Viscosity
- Vapor Phase Osmometry (VPO)
