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Staphylococcus bacteria on a surface The antimicrobial plastics market is projected to reach 43.1 billion…

Antique brass syringe. Medical devices, even in their crudest forms, have been around for many…

I completed a failure analysis on a polycarbonate medical component that had been in contact…

Dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) is the best method for determining the glass transition temperature for…

Sliding abrasive wear is an important failure mechanism for plastics components, and is the result…

A client submitted a molded part that was produced by a competitor of theirs, that…

Nylon, also known as polyamide (PA), resins are a diverse group of materials. The versatility…

When I first started performing failure analyses in 1995, I was fortunate to work with…

Over the course of the last few years, I have performed a number of failure…

If you know me, have heard one of my presentations, or read my papers, you…