Polymer analysis–for quality and safety

From petroleum, starch & Co: Plastics manufacturers rely on multiple starting materials. They verify the quality of their raw materials.

Density, rigidity and other properties of plastics depend on how the monomers link. In polymerization nothing is left to chance.

Cheap plastics—as if! Some high tech plastics conduct electricity, others store information or are as resilient as steel. More about smart plastics.

Harmful plasticizers and environmentally harmful flame retardants: Polymer analysis is used to check compliance with legal requirements.

Many different types of plastics are convenient for their application, but become a problem for recycling. Analysis paves the way into the closed-loop economy.

Microplastics are no more than five millimeters big. Since the particles are hardly noticeable, they were not perceived as an environmental problem for a long time