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Chemical Detectives: Solve the Mysteries behind your Polymers



Sign up for our spectroscopy webinars to help you reveal the mysteries of your polymers, from research to failure analysis, quality control and beyond! Learn how to solve your organization's most pressing questions to stay ahead of your competition and streamline line your investigations.

 

Please join us for our webinar series on the use of Polymer Analysis by Vibrational Spectroscopy. You only need to sign up once to receive an email invitation for each individual webinar, when registration is open.

 

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Peeling Back the Layers – Characterizing Multi-layer Structures using FT-IR and Raman Microscopy

 

 Multi-layer polymer films, or laminates, are composite materials and are ubiquitous in a vast array of industries. Information about the makeup of individual layers is of great interest for manufacturers as well as for the end user.  Vibrational micro-spectroscopy techniques provide valuable chemical information that is typical of traditional vibrational methods but, with the added benefit of obtaining spatial information necessary to distinguish the composition of the different layers. This webinar will cover FT-IR and Raman micro-spectroscopy and their application in studying laminates.

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What Went Wrong? - FT-IR as a Valuable Tool in Plastic Failure Analysis Guest speaker, Jeff Jansen, Sr. Managing Engineer & Partner, The Madison Group. FT-IR provides critical information in the evaluation of plastic failures, including material identification, contamination, and degradation. This webinar will address the key information that FT-IR can provide in troubleshooting a plastic part failure. Attendees will learn how to more effectively use FT-IR and other techniques to more efficiently and effectively analyze polymeric materials. On Demand
Pushing Polymer Pellets –
At-line FT-IR Polymer Analysis		 FT-IR spectroscopy is a flexible, useful tool in the manufacturing and processing of polymer pellets and films.  This webinar will focus on uses of FT-IR in support of QA of polymer production , whether by drawing discrete samples or via continuous monitoring. Topics include:
  • Overview of polymer analysis by FT-IR
  • Pros and cons of different sampling techniques
  • Discussion of continuous at-line film analysis of polymer additives
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Breaking it Down – Polymer Deformulation using FT-IR Coupled to TGA Problem solving and reverse engineering often require sample deformulation to identify components and understand material process differences. This webinar will discuss the use of Thermo Gravimetric Analysis (TGA) coupled to FT-IR spectroscopy for these investigations. Case studies will show polymeric material deformulation, starting with sample analysis using the latest hardware tools leading to data interpretation using the unique Mercury TGA software which simplifies characterization of complex mixtures.

Participants will gain an understanding of the value TGA-IR can bring to polymer troubleshooting and deformulation.		 On Demand

Your Next Packaging Analysis Tool - Raman Microscopy

 

 

 Raman microscopy is a valuable tool for packaging analysis, with special emphasis on food-contact materials. In minutes, you can characterize multilayer material properties such as structure and thickness and can even identify layers with minimal sample handling.
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Bet the Pharma:  Application of Diffuse Reflectance NIR Spectroscopy to Monitor the Output of Pharmaceutical Hot Melt Extruders Hot-melt extrusion (HME) is a continuous manufacturing process used in the pharmaceutical industry to improve the bioavailability of poorly soluble drugs.  The advantages of HME over other pharmaceutical processing techniques include fewer processing steps, continuous operation and the ability to produce solid dispersions.  In addition, HME is a solvent free technique so it is advantageous over solvent-based processes such as spray-drying and co-precipitation.   NIR combined with the use of fiber optics enables real-time monitoring of HME processes since it is rapid, non-destructive, solvent-free, and eliminates the need for any sample preparation." On Demand
     
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Into the Depths - Analysis of Multilayer Polymer Films by Confocal Raman Microscopy

Raman microscopy is a powerful technique that can be utilized for the analysis of multilayer polymer films, thus enabling the control of composition and quality.  Conventional Raman microscopy, which has spatial resolution as small as a micron, can be employed to analyze cross sections of multilayer polymer films.  Confocal Raman microscopy can be used in situations where a reduction in sample preparation is desired, as it can generate depth profiles of the multilayer films, with no requirement for cross sectioning.

 Wednesday,
December 10, 2014