Polymer Consultancy

Sandberg provides a comprehensive Polymer Consultancy including: testing, identification, analysis and characterisation of materials, failure investigation, specification and design, supplier audits...

Polymers in Construction

polymer viewed under plane polarised light Polymer materials account for the highest growth area in construction materials. In basic terms, polymers are very long molecules typically made up of many thousands of repeat units. They include plastics, rubbers, thermoplastic elastomers, adhesives...

Polymer Failure Analysis

polymer failure Compared to some traditional construction materials, polymers typically have shorter life expectancy than well established materials that have been in use for hundreds of years. Lack of understanding about how polymers behave also means that...

Polymer Identification and Analysis

Analytical techniques routinely used by Sandberg include: Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR); UV Spectroscopy; Atomic Absorbtion Spectroscopy (AAS); Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC); Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) and Mass Spectrometry.

Polymer Microscopy

Polymer microscopic examination Microscopic examination of polymer materials can be very useful for identifying a variety of material defects and establishing the type of fracture that has taken place. At relatively low levels of magnification it is possible to see manufacturing defects ...

Odour Analysis

The most common reason for carrying out odour analysis is that an unpleasant odour has been reported. However, even when an odour is considered acceptable, unless the cause of an odour is understood, it is not possible to establish whether or not there are any significant implications....