Polyethylene and Polypropylene Plastic Testing

Legend Technical Services, Inc. of St. Paul, Minnesota analytical laboratory offers additive analysis of polyolefins including polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP). PE and PP polymers are commonly used to make bags, containers, packaging and manufactured goods used in industrial and consumer applications. LEGEND utilizes ASTM International standards. Our methods include ASTM D6953 and ASTM D7210 for polymer additives analysis and ASTM D5630 for ash residue testing. In addition to the compounds listed below, LEGEND can perform custom analyses on PP and PE with other technologies such as liquid chromatography mass spectrometry, inductively coupled mass spectrometry and thermal analysis.

Ash Residue ppm Gravimetric ASTM D5630 BHEB 4310-42-1 High Performance Liquid Chromatography D6953 D7210 BHT 128-37-0 Erucamide 112-84-5 Irgofos 168 31570-04-4 Irganox 1010 6683-19-8 1076 2082-79-3 Iraganox 1330FF 1709-70-2 3114FF 27676-62-6 3790 040601-76-1 Isonox 129 35958-30-6 Tinuvin 328 25973-55-1 2440-22-4

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