The Heat is On: What DSC Transition Temperatures Tell Us About a Polymer
A firefighter runs into a burning building to save people trapped inside. A co-worker bails from the meeting where your...
ASTM Standards Create Language for Testing Across an Industry
Virtually everything that’s made and sold commercially — from medical devices and medications to floor mops and fan blades —...
The Molecularly Exciting Truth about Heat, Polymers and Thermal Testing
We’ve already established heat is the Achilles heel of many types of plastic, and we’ve discussed how heat additives can help...
What Does The Leading Lab for Legal Testing Look Like?
As Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Polymer Solutions Incorporated, I have been involved in over one hundred litigated matters....
What’s The Difference Between PVC And CPVC?
In the world of polymer science, a single, seemingly small change in a polymer’s molecular structure can have a huge...
Stickiness: The Insulting Reality of Rubber Reversion
“I am rubber, you are glue. Bounce off me and stick to you.” Who hasn’t used that old schoolyard taunt...
Even Polymers Can Get Stressed: Here’s What Happens When They Do
Consider that immortal scene in the 1999 comedy hit “Analyze This” when Robert Deniro’s mobster weepily tells his psychiatrist, played...
What Makes Plastic Turn Yellow? Hint: Sunscreen Won’t Help
Cruising through that mega-auction website, you just saw someone paid several hundred dollars for a (now) antique video game console....
Microscopy Techniques: More than one way to look at a sample
Have you heard the saying that there are three ways to look at anything — your way, my way and the truth?...
Spectroscopy and the science of fireworks
The science behind fireworks is far more interesting than that of other, simpler explosives.
Bioabsorbable Implants Leave Nothing Behind but Healing Thanks to Polymers
Who doesn’t want to make a mark in the world, to leave something behind that makes life better for someone...