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Silicones can be challenging to analyze. Dow Corning’s ability to
develop new products and modify existing ones is based in part upon our
silicone analytical expertise and advanced instrumentation. Our
Analytical group has been characterizing silicon based materials for over 60
years and literally “wrote the book” on analyzing silicones: The Analytical
Chemistry of Silicones. Contact us to help you with silicone testing.
Our scientists use a variety of analytical instruments to characterize silicone materials to better
understand the relationships between their chemistry and key application
properties. We have a wide range of practical experience in troubleshooting
problems from diverse
industries – including automotive, electronics, paper, healthcare and
specialty chemicals.
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Silicone Testing Solutions:
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Measure silicone
deposition on hair (PDF size = 538KB)
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Characterize silicone molecular structure
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Silicone analysis to recommend comparable material
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Silicone contamination testing
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Measure silane surface treatment levels
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Measure silicon(e) concentration
Some of the instrument techniques we use to characterize materials
include:
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Chemical Structure
Identification (PDF size = 163 KB) (Raman, IR, NMR, UV-VIS)
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Chromatography and Separations (GPC, HPLC, IC, GC)
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Mass
Spectrometry (PDF size = 180 KB) (GC-MS, LC-MS, FT-MS, MALDI-TOF-MS,
GC-TOF-MS)
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Microscopy (optical, AFM, SEM, TEM, laser confocal microscopy)
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Surface Analysis (XPS or ESCA, contact angle, surface tension,
interferometry)
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Elemental Testing (WDXRF, ICP-AES, ICP-MS, XRD)
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Thermal Analysis (PDF
size = 172 KB) (TGA, DSC, DMA, TMA, Py-GCMS, flashpoint)
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Cryo-TEM image of silicone emulsion, magnified 10,000 times |
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Please contact us by e-mail or call one of our global locations to discuss your specific needs.
Sources:
A. Lee Smith (ed), The Analytical Chemistry of Silicones,
Wiley-Interscience, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York (1991).
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