ASTM Methods News
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Alfa Chemistry Testing Lab Launches Polymer Analysis and Testing Services for the Polymer Industry
Alfa Chemistry Testing Lab, a cGMP-compliant laboratory of Alfa Chemistry, today unveils its polymer analysis and testing services, which is now available for clients across the global polymer industry. With decade-long experience in the analytical testing field, the lab is able to conduct monomer composition identification and mechanical property testing of polymers like rubber, plastic, and ...
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Alfa Chemistry's T,C&A Lab — A Service Provider of Material Testing
To better conquer the challenges posed in the testing of a wide diversity of materials, Alfa Chemitry newly launched a subsidiary branch—T,C&A Lab, which specializes in the testing, characterization & analysis of a comprehensive range of high performance materials. Materials testing is a well-established technique used to determine the physical and mechanical properties of nearly ...
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Glass Highlighted As Sustainable Material Enhancing Occupant Experience At Nga Glass Conference
As the International Year of Glass 2022 wrapped up, industry technical leaders at NGA Glass Conference: Miramar Beach in Miramar Beach, Florida, focused on the years ahead with two themes: advocacy for architectural glass as a sustainable material and the many ways it enhances occupant experience in buildings. The three-day conference, held Jan. 24-26, included sessions on building security, ...
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UTECH Captures Customer Interest
The UTech tradeshow was held in Maastricht (Netherlands) on 16-18 November where the Bakelite Team highlighted PUR, PIR and CASE as well as Resonance aromatic polyols. These products help our customers achieve improved processing leading to higher yield, thermal insulation, reaction to fire, and physical properties. Resonance aromatic polyether polyols have enabled urethane systems to meet ...
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Alfa Chemistry Testing Lab: Surfactant Testing Enables a Safer World
The synthetic detergent industry has enjoyed a boom because of the wide applications of surfactants. As the general public has leverage increasingly concerned regarding the safety and efficacy of detergent products, Alfa Chemistry Testing Lab recently announced the launch of surfactant testing services for a range of products made of non-ionic surfactants, cationic surfactants, anionic ...
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Infratech now offering MSAPR (NOx) Emission testing
Infratech is now offering MSAPR Part 2 (Stationary Engines) Testing. Our technicians are trained in testing all types of Rich Burn, Lean Burn, and Turbine Engines for: Initial Performance Testing Emissions Checks Now you can have not only your regulatory fugitive emission inspections and compressor vent inspections performed, but also have your stationary spark engines (compressors, ...
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Alfa Chemistry Testing Lab Releases Detergent and Cleaner Testings for Better Market Transparency
As a sub-branch of Alfa Chemistry, Alfa Chemistry Testing Lab recently announced its capability to conduct practical analysis for household cleaners, toiletries, industrial detergents, general cleaners, and other products. This newly launched detergents and cleaners testing service aims to advance the R&D process of detergent products and offers a comprehensive report issued by a third-party ...
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Analytical News: Alfa Chemistry Testing Lab Releases Coating and Paint Testing Service
Earlier this month, Alfa Chemistry Testing Lab, an independent third-party testing laboratory, announced its decision to launch a full range of coating and paint testing services for varieties of components and materials. Both in-lab testing and engineering that support research and development are available. After years of efforts, Alfa Chemistry Testing Lab has won worldwide recognition from ...
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Screening for per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs) in water
Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs) are the class of almost 10,000 manmade organofluorine compounds more commonly known as «forever chemicals». PFASs are resistant to water, oil, and heat. Due to their unique properties, they find widespread applications in many products and industries. They can enter the water supply and the food chain, causing various health problems ...
By Metrohm AG
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T,C&A Lab Offers Glass Testing to Reduce Risk and Validate Glass Performance
Glass has become an important material in building construction owing to their versatile properties such as transparency, sun protection and thermal insulation. T,C&A Lab, a branch of Alfa Chemistry and worldwide recognized as a reliable choice for analytical testing, recently announces to be capable of providing glass testing service according to ISO, ASTM standards or industry requirements. ...
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Proposed Standard Test Method Will Cover Water Slide Rider Acceleration Data
A proposed ASTM International standard will establish a test method for obtaining acceleration data on water slides using human test subjects. ASTM International’s amusement rides and devices committee (F24) is developing the proposed standard. Data obtained through the standard is crucial to developing and calculating the expected forces riders feel on a water slide. The level of these ...
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Hydroman™ submersible slurry pump repair kits
Hydroman™ Submersible Slurry Pump Spare Parts are manufactured to the highest degree of mechanical integrity through the use of accurate 3D modeling. Hydroman uses the latest SolidWorks and FaroArm technology to design precise submersible slurry pump parts at the beginning of our manufacturing process, and inspect and verify those parts before shipping. Hydroman cast slurry pump parts can ...
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Proposed Standard Will Cover Protective Jackets for Thermal Insulation
A proposed ASTM International standard will establish specification requirements for flexible protective jackets made of modified asphalt or butyl rubber. ASTM International’s thermal insulation committee (C16) is developing the proposed standard. Protective jackets guard products such as ducts and pipe insulation against physical abuse as well as, in some cases, the effects of weather. ...
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Proposed Standard Will Cover Water-Resistive Barriers and Air Barriers in Building Envelopes
A proposed ASTM International standard will help engineers to better understand how various climates affect water vapor transmission of water-resistive barriers and air barriers (WRB/AB) in building envelopes. ASTM’s performance of buildings committee (E06) is developing the proposed standard. ASTM International member Danko Davidovic says that the proposed standard (WK51917) will explain ...
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Free Webinar on 6th May 2021
Water content in lubricants and other petrochemical products is a critical parameter that has to be closely monitored all along the value chain. In a free webinar on May 6, 2021 in association with Petro Industry News, Michael Margreth, Senior Product Specialist Titration at Metrohm International Headquarters, will explain the straightforward determination of moisture in petroleum samples ...
By Metrohm AG
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New Kinematic Viscosity Bath
Koehler Instrument Company, Inc. (USA) is pleased to announce our new K23900 Kinematic Viscosity Bath. The Koehler Kinematic Viscosity Bath is designed to conduct tests to determine the viscosity of liquid petroleum products, both transparent and opaque, by measuring the volume of liquid to flow under gravity through a calibrated glass capillary viscometer. The K23900 is compliant with ASTM ...
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Biodegradable Additive from BioSphere Plastic
Biodegradable Additive produced by BioSphere has been tested to increase the biodegradation of regular synthetic polymers. The additives which are proprietary to BioSphere are showing test results of 15-25% biodegradation of synthetic polymers within 30 days. biodegradable plastic company BioSphere has tested their product within polystyrene, polyethylene, polypropylene and PET to enhance the ...
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Greater pharmaceutical adoption of Raman spectroscopy with new USP chapters
The NanoRam family of handheld Raman instruments is used globally for incoming raw material identification in the pharmaceutical industry. With the growing use of handheld Raman, the pharmacopeial chapters for Raman spectroscopy have followed and added more information and guidance for system testing. The replacement of USP Raman Spectroscopy with two new chapters, USP Raman Spectroscopy ...
By Metrohm AG
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ASTM D6304 revised - Karl Fischer oven technique approved for water content in petrochemicals
Poorly soluble, viscous and often highly contaminated– determining the water content in lubricants, hydraulic oils, and other petrochemical samples can be a messy business. Addressing these challenges, ASTM has revised standard method D6304. The revised standard now includes the Karl Fischer oven technique. This technique enables users to conveniently and accurately determine water ...
By Metrohm AG
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Moisture content of landfills: Testing to Simulate Landfills
BioSphere Plastic tests their product with 52-55% solids content and 45-48% moisture content, We also simulate drier landfills at 20 and 40% moisture content and 60-80% solid contents. Typical landfills are around 35% moisture content with premium biodegradation at 45% moisture content. Typical landfill moisture and solids content range from site to site within a landfill as seen by studies ...
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