Plastics are used in a wide variety of applications, including parts, films, fibers, coatings, and adhesives, but are also contained in contaminants and other substances that cause defects. In many cases, such plastics have deteriorated due to the effects of heat. One technique typically used to identify defect-causing substances in the quality control departments of manufacturers or contract testing institutions involves qualifying substances by comparing their FTIR spectral data to FTIR spectral data in a library. However, the spectral data contained in typical libraries is measured from non-deteriorated materials, which makes it difficult to qualitatively analyze substances that have structurally changed from oxidation due to heat.

In contrast to standard libraries, this unique Thermal-damaged plastics library contains spectral data for heated plastics, making it much easier to identify spectra that significantly differ before and after heating. In addition to expanding sales to contract testing laboratories and quality control departments of manufacturers in fields that routinely analyze contaminants, such as the processed food, petrochemical, automotive, and consumer electronics industries, we also intend to develop new applications that involve analyzing unknown samples, such as at crime laboratories.

Shimadzu New Thermal-Damaged Plastics Library for FTIR