Polymers and Plastics Testing Services, A to Z, offered to clients and industries across the world.
Intertek provides polymers and plastics testing services through a global network of laboratories, staffed with experienced polymer chemists using state-of-the-art instrumentation. The polymer labs run chemical composition, routine testing, non-routine analysis, failure analysis, formulation, physical properties, as well as many other polymer and monomer tests.
Polymer and Plastics Testing Resources and Capabilities include:
A
- Aqueous Gel Permeation Chromatography
 - Acrylamide Analysis
 - Additives:
 - Adhesive Testing
 - Aerospace Polymers and Plastics Testing
 - Ageing Testing for Plastics and Polymers
 - Polymer Chemical Testing
 - Analytical Services for Registration of New Polymers
 - ASTM Testing for Plastics and Polymers
 - Automotive:
 - Chemical Resistance Testing
 - Environmental Testing
 - Injection Moulding for Automotive Industry
 - Interior Testing and Expertise
 - Materials Failure Analyses and Investigation
 - Plastics and Polymers Physical Testing
 - Plastics Exterior Testing and Expertise
 - Plastics Processing Testing
 - Processability Program for Plastic Automotive Materials
 - Weathering Testing
 - Automotive Polymers and Plastics Testing
 
B
- Ballistic Properties
 - Barrier Properties
 - Biopolymer Analysis
 - Bisphenol-A Detection and Analysis
 - Birefringence Analysis of Polymers
 - Burst Test of Packaging
 
C, D
- Chemical Analysis
 - Chemical Resistance Testing
 - Chemical Trace Analysis
 - Chromatography Analysis of Polymers and Plastics
 - Composite Materials:
 - Climbing Drum Peel for Adhesives ASTM D1781
 - Composite Materials Test Methods
 - Composites Testing
 - Compressive Properties of Polymer Composite Materials
 - Compressive Properties of Polymer Matrix Composite (CLC) ASTM D6641
 - Compressive Properties of Unidirectional Polymer Matrix Composites Using a Sandwich Beam ASTM D5467
 - Moisture Absorption of Matrix Composites ASTM D5229
 - Content Analysis for Composite Materials ASTM D3171
 - Flexural Properties of Unreinforced and Reinforced Plastics and Electrical Insulating Materials by Four-Point Bending ASTM D6272
 - Testing Solutions for Complex Composite Applications
 - Compression Testing
 - Contamination Analysis
 - Consultancy
 - Contact Angles and Surface Free Energy Measurement
 - Cure Behavior by Dynamic Mechanical Analysis ASTM D4473
 - Density of Sandwich Core Materials ASTM C271
 - DMA ASTM D4065, D4440, D5279
 - DSC Testing of Polymers and Plastics
 - Dynamic Mechanical Analyses (DMA)
 
E, F
- Electrical Properties Tests
 - ESCR Testing
 - Extractables and Leachables Testing
 - Failure Analyses
 - Films Testing for Packaging
 - Films and Sheets Testing
 - Flammability Testing of Plastics
 - Flexural Properties of Polymer Matrix Composites ASTM D7264
 - Flexural Properties Testing
 - Food Contact Services
 - Formulation: Reverse Engineering and Formulation
 - FTIR Analysis of Polymers and Plastics
 
G, H
- Gel Permeation Chromatography
 - High Temperature GPC
 - Hot Tack Testing
 - Hydraulic Composite Compression Fixture (HCCF) Testing
 
I
- Identification of Polymers
 - IFS5 Migration Testing
 - Ignition Loss of Cured Reinforced Resins
 - Injection Moulding
 - Intertek helps US Postal Service to sort packages smoothly with analytical services (329 KB PDF)
 - ISO 846 Testing for Plastics
 
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M
- Mechanical Testing of Plastics
 - Mechanical Properties of Polymers
 - Microscopy of Polymers
 - Microtensile ASTM D1708
 - Mold shrinkage determination
 - Molecular Weight (MW) of Polymers by GPC
 - Monomer Ratios in Mixed Copolymers
 
N
O
- Optical Properties of Polymers
 - On-line Polymer Analyzers Expertise
 - Oxygen Transmission Rate (OTR)
 
P
- Packaging Testing Services
 - Particle Analysis and Testing
 - PET testing
 - Pharmaceutical Polymer Analysis
 - Phthalates Analysis of Plastics and Polymers
 - Physical Characteristics and Strength
- Physical Testing of Plastics
 
 - Pilot Plant Processing for Polymers
 - Plastics Testing
 - Plastics and Polymer Processing Expertise
 - Plastic Materials Processing
 - Plastic Processing Services
 - Polymers and Plastics 
- Polymer Building Materials Testing and Analysis
 - Polymer Chemistry
 - Polymer Compounding Test Trials
 - Polymer Failure Analysis
 - Polymer Chemical Composition
 - Polymer and Plastic Identification Testing
 - Polymer Regulatory and Consulting Services
 - Process Chemistry
 - Polymer Catalyst Testing
 - Polymer and Plastics Identification
 - Polymer Mixtures Identification
 - Polymer Impurities and Dimensional Variations in Powder, Granulate and Articles
 - Polymer Extruders
 - Polymer Analysis in a GLP Laboratory
 - Polymer Testing Laboratory
 - Polymers Tested: A - F
 - Polymers Tested: G - O
 - Polymers Tested: P
 - Polymers Tested: Q - Z
 
 - PPAP: Production Part Approval Process
 - Precision Measurements; 3D- Measuring
 - PROBE Analytical Laboratory
 - PTL Laboratory (Plastics Technology Laboratory)
 
Q, R
- REACH
 - Reaction Kinetic Studies
 - Regulatory Services
 - Research Laboratory Network
 - Resin Testing and Analysis
 - Resistively Testing
 - Research and Development
 - Rheology of Polymers
 - Routine Testing, Quality Control of Polymers
 - RoHS
 
S
- Seal Compatibility Tests
 - Size Exclusion Chromatography (SEC)
 - Scratch Testing
 - Shear Testing:
 - Shear Strength Test by ASTM D732
 - Shear Strength of Reinforced Plastics ASTM D3846
 - Short Beam Shear Testing ASTM D2344
 - Shear Response of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials ASTM D3518
 - Shear by Tension Loading ASTM D3164
 - Strength Properties of Double Lap Shear Adhesive Joints
 - Lap Shear Strength of Adhesively Bonded Metal Specimens ASTM D1002
 - Sheets and Films Testing
 - Shrink Film Testing
 - Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
 - Sorption Analysis and Testing
 - Specialty Chemical Testing
 - Stretch-Wrap Film Packaging Testing
 - Surface Analysis
 - Surface Free Energy
 
T
- Tensile Testing of Polymers and Plastics
 - Plastics Tensile Testing per ASTM D638 and ISO 527
 - Tensile Impact ASTM D1822
 - Tensile Properties (Sheet) ASTM D882
 - Tensile Set (Elastomers) ASTM D412
 - Tensile Strength (Open Hole) of Polymer Matrix Composite Laminates Testing
 - Tensile Strength of Sandwich Constructions
 - Tensile Testing of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials
 - Tensile Testing of Reinforced Thermosetting Plastics
 - Testlopedia®
 - Thermal Analysis for Polymers and Plastics
 - Toxics in Packaging Testing
 - Trace Metals Analysis
 - Troubleshooting, Characterization
 
U, V, W
- Viscosity Testing
 - Void Content of Reinforced Plastics
 - Volatile Organic Compounds Testing
 - Volatile Organic Compounds for the Automotive Industry
 - Water Absorption of Core Materials ASTM C272
 - Water Vapor Transmission Rate (WVTR)
 - Weathering Ageing Testing for Plastics and Polymers
 - Whiteness Color Measurement and Analysis
 
X, Y, Z