Plastic consists of the polymeric or resin material and additives for affecting specific functions such as foaming agent. Plastics occupy a huge market. Whether you realize it or not, practically everything you see and use on a daily basis is entirely or partly plastic material. A comprehensive analysis and understanding of the composition of various plastics and their products is essential for the further development of the plastics market. Plastic deformulation service consists of analytical instrumental techniques and extraction methods for identifying and quantifying components in plastics. Therefore, plastic deformulation services are in great demand. Alfa Chemistry is a leading expert in the field of polymer and plastic deformulation, and has comprehensive and specialized knowledge in the deformulation of polymer materials and plastic products. Backed by years of successful polymer resin development and polymer characterization, our team of highly trained scientists is able to offer our customers deformulation solutions specifically for almost all plastic products.
Why Perform Plastics Deformulation?
The need for plastics deformulation appears in many situations. They include:
- Product development and improvement
- Bringing manufacturing in-house
- Performing failure analysis
- Establishing data for regulatory needs
- Determining the safety in-use during manufacturing or utilization of the material
- Comparation product ingredients from different batches
- Identifying an alternative supplier
- Evaluating patent infringement and defining the space for IP development
- Others
Based on this, manufacturers of raw materials and finished products can use deformulation service to guide many decisions.
Meet Our Services
Alfa Chemistry's deformulation lab has the ability to test a wide range of plastics. And we use a range of analytical techniques and traditional extraction methods to identify and quantify all the components in plastics, including polymers, resins, fillers, stabilizers, plasticizers, lubricants, flame retardants, antioxidants and more.
Plastics we deformulate include, but are not limited to:
- Various general plastics (such as PC-ABS plastic, PE plastic, PP plastic, PVC plastic, PS plastic, ABS plastic, etc.)
- Various engineering plastics (such as polyurethane plastics, polyester plastics, nylon plastics, thermosets, polyamide, polyformaldehyde, polycarbonate, modified polyphenylether, UHMWPE, vinyl alcohol copolymer, etc.)
- Various plastic products
- Various plastic masterbatches, etc.
Given the wide variety of plastic materials used in manufacturing today and the vast number of plastic products produced, Alfa Chemistry is unable to list all the types of samples we can test. Overall, Alfa Chemistry is capable of offering deformulation services for nearly all types of plastics and plastic products.
In addition, whether your plastics sample is amorphous, liquefied, semi-solid or solid, Alfa Chemistry can provide you with a deformulation service.
Ingredients contained in plastics we test include, but are not limited to:
- Polymers & resins: Amino resins, polyacetals, polyacrylics, polyallyls, polyamides, polydienes, polyesters, polyethers, polyhalogenohydrocarbons, polyimides, polyolefins, polysulfides, polysulfones, polyureas, polyazoles, polyurethanes, polyvinyls, phenolic resins, cellulose and cellulosics, natural polymers, etc.
- Additives: (1) Polymerization materials: catalysts, coupling agents, cross-linking agents, curing agents, dispersants, surface-active agents, free radical initiators, fragrances. (2) Protective materials: antioxidants, antistatic agents, preservatives, heat stabilizers, ultraviolet light stabilizers, degradability additives, flame retardants. (3) Processing materials: chemical blowing agents, fillers/extenders, plasticizers, lubricants, colorants (pigment & dye), mold release agents, smoke suppressants.
Our plastics deformulation capabilities include, but are not limited to:
- Full identification & quantification of all chemical components
- Semi-quantitative identification of major and minor ingredients
- Identification of major or substrate ingredients
- Quantification of specific components
Techniques and Instruments
Alfa Chemistry uses various techniques and instruments for plastics deformulation, including but not limited to:
How We Proceed?
Please kindly note that our products and services are for research use only.
