17th February 2020
High Temperature Gel Permeation Chromatography; HT-GPC
What is a high temperature gel permeation chromatography (HT-GPC) ? High temperature gel permeation…
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11th February 2020
Biodegradable Or Compostable: What’s the difference?
What’s the difference between a material being biodegradable or compostable? A material being biodegradable or…
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17th December 2019
Plastic Tea Bags – What are they?
In the UK, it is renowned that we Brits are fond of our tea. It…
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14th November 2019
Plastics – A History
Today plastics have become such an ingrained and controversial part of our everyday lives, but…
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7th November 2019
Products Manufactured to Biodegrade
Products manufactured to biodegrade - How does a product biodegrade in the real world? In…
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4th November 2019
Molecular Weight Characterisation – The Use of GPC
One of the key characteristics of the polymers which eventually define the overall performance and…
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24th October 2019
Flammability Testing of Halloween Costumes
Over the past few years, ever since Claudia Winkleman’s daughter got severely burned when her…
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15th October 2019
EN ISO 14852 Biodegradable Testing
Why is testing biodegradables to standards like EN ISO 14852 important? Over an estimated 8 million tons of…
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8th October 2019
95kPa Pressure Differential Testing
It is important to pressure test medical appliances and equipment. A manufacturer of medical tubes…
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23rd September 2019
BS EN ISO 14855
Testing for biodegradability means going through a series of test methods to ensure a product…
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