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Reverse engineering a material can provide valuable insight to help you
replace an obsolete or unknown material, understand a competitor's technology
and costs, or help you protect a patent. We can help you disassemble a material
to identify and/or quantify its basic components including, but not limited to,
polymers, crosslinkers, catalysts, plasticizers, fillers, additives, solvents.
Dow Corning Analytical Solutions has the expertise and a wide range of
instrument capabilities you need to determine an unknown material's
composition.
Benefits:
 | Protect patents |
| Assess new technology |
| Replace obsolete products or unknown materials |
| Understand costs of competitor's materials |
Case
Study
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Lubricant Product Deformulation
An aerospace customer needed to replace an
effective lubricant in their equipment but found that the grease was no longer
manufactured. Dow Corning Analytical Solutions deformulated the lubricant to
identify its composition and tested its key physical properties. The results
provided information to recommend a comparable Dow Corning Molykote®
lubricant.
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Understand product chemistries and properties through:
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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)
Please
contact us by e-mail or call one of our
global locations to discuss your specific testing needs.
Analytical
capabilities brochure (PDF size = 700 KB)
Analytical
services - multiple languages
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