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In an era where innovation, lead times, and speed to market are critical to the…

It is very common to investigate failures where the cause is the use of an…

The molecular structure of polymeric materials leads to temperature dependency and critical thermal transitions. This…

Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) is a common thermal analysis technique that provides composition information for polymeric…

There has been a rash of failures involving chlorinated poly(vinyl chlorine)(PVC) pipes that were used…

The success of manufacturing and assembling of plastic parts depends heavily on the design of…

Because of the molecular structure of polycarbonate, the polymer is susceptible to yellowing through a…

I completed a failure analysis on a safety clip, which had failed an impact test…

In the first two parts of this series, we examined the underlying chemistry and some…

Whenever polyurethane materials are discussed they tend to be categorized in terms of their hardness.…