GENERAL LABORATORY PROCEDURES

GENERAL LABORATORY PROCEDURES
     Analytical Methods                                                   Price 

     ABRASION BY FALLING SAND/PER MIL OF THICKNESS                          $75 
     ABRASION BY TABER METHOD                                             QUOTE 
     ABRASION BY VOLUME LOSS                                               $150 
     ADHESION                                                              $150 
     ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY                                              QUOTE 
     BULK FACTOR                                                           $200 
     CELLULAR WATER ABSORPTION                                             $400 
     CHANGES IN WT & SHAPE UNDER SERVICE CONDITIONS                        $100 
     CHEMICAL RESISTANCE/STAIN RESISTANCE                                  $125 
     CLASSIFYING VISUAL DEFECTS IN THERMOSETS/LAMINATES                     $40 
     COEFFICIENT OF LINEAR THERMAL EXPANSION                               $175 
     COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY                                                QUOTE 
     COLUMN CRUSHING                                                       $700 
     COMPARATIVE PARTIAL DEFORMULATIONS -GOOD/BAD                       $12,000 
     COMPRESSION/COMPRESSIVE CREEP                                        QUOTE 
     COMPRESSIVE MODULUS                                                   $150 
     CONTACT ANGLE                                                         $150 
     DEFORMULATION                                                    $ 10,000+ 
     DEFLECTION UNDER FLEXURAL LOAD                                        $175 
     DEGREE OF FUSION BY ACETONE                                           $125 
     DETERMINATION OF CARBON BLACK CONTENT                                 $250 
     DETERMINATION OF COLOR OF ISOCYANATES                                  $75 
     DETERMINATION OF SUSPENDED MATTER IN POLYOLS                           $60 
     DEVIATION OF LINE OF SIGHT                                            $150 
     DIELECTRIC BREAKDOWN STRENGTH                                         $200 
     DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY / Tg & Tm                           $150 
     ELMENDORF TEAR                                                        $125 
     ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS CRACKING                                         $100 
     EXPERT WITNESS/LEGAL TESTIMONY                       $ 2,500/DAY+ EXPENSES 
     EXTERNAL LOADING BY PARALLEL PLATE METHOD                            QUOTE 
     EXTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS/OXYGEN INDEX                            $175 
     FAILURE ANALYSIS                                                     QUOTE 
     FDA MIGRATION CELL EXTRACTION                                         $400 
     FLAMMABILITY                                                          $100 
     FLEXURAL STRENGTH/RUPTURE/YIELD/MODULUS                               $150 
     FREEZING POINT                                                        $125 
     FTIR - MICRO                                                         QUOTE 
     FTIR - QUANTITATIVE                                                   $600 
     FTIR - ATR SURFACE ANALYSIS/INCLUDING INTERPRETATION                  $250 
     FTIR - TRANSMISSION/INCLUDING INTERPRETATION                          $225 
     GAS PERMEABILITY/WATER VAPOR TRANSMISSION                            QUOTE 
     GEL COUNT                                                             $175 
     GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY                                        QUOTE 
     HARDNESS - SHORE/BARCOL/PENCIL                                         $40 
     HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY                               QUOTE 
     IN-PLANE SHEAR/SHEAR BY PUNCH TOOL                                    $150 
     INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA SPECTROSCOPY                              QUOTE 
     INSTRUMENTED CREEP... 
     ...AMBIENT TEMP & ATMOSPHERE                                 $ 1,000/MONTH 
     ...NON AMBIENT TEMP/AMBIENT ATMOSPHERE                       $ 2,000/MONTH 
     ...AMBIENT TEMP IN VACUUM                                    $ 3,000/MONTH 
     ...NON AMBIENT TEMP IN VACUUM                                $ 6,000/MONTH 
     ION CHROMATOGRAPHY                                                   QUOTE 
     IZOD IMPACT                                                           $150 
     LINEAR MOLD SHRINKAGE                                                QUOTE 
     LITERATURE SEARCH                                                 $ 150/HR 
     LOW TEMPERATURE FLEX                                                  $225
     MELT FLOW INDEX                                                       $150 
     METHODS DEVELOPMENT/ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES                         $ 250/HR 
     MICROHARDNESS                                                         $125 
     MICROTENSILE/SPLIT DISK TENSILE                                       $200 
     PARTIAL DEFORMULATION                                                $6000 
     PACKAGE YIELD                                                         $100 
     PERMANENT EFFECT OF HEAT                                               $75 
     PLASTICIZER COMPATIBILITY BY COMPRESSION                               $75 
     POURABILITY                                                            $75 
     PUNCTURE/BLOCKING/BURST/TEAR                                          $150 
     QUANTITATIVE SOXHLET EXTRACTION/IN TRIPLICATE                         $150 
     QC/ DESIGN & SETUP OF QC DEPARTMENTS                           $ 2,500/DAY 
     SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY/X-RAY ANALYSIS                           $800 
     SPECIFIC GRAVITY                                                       $90 
     STRESS RELAXATION                                                    QUOTE 
     SURFACE IRREGULARITIES                                                 $75 
     TENSILE/ELONGATION/MODULUS                                            $150 
     TEST INTERPRETATION                                               $ 250/HR 
     THERMAL STRESS CRACKING                                               $175 
     THERMOGRAVAMETRIC ANALYSIS                                            $150 
     THERMOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS                                             $150 
     THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY                                             $125 
     TITRATIONS                                                           QUOTE 
     TRANSPARENCY                                                          $150 
     UBBELOHDE VISCOSITY                                                   $225 
     UV/VISIBLE ABSORPTION                                                 $100 
     VOID CONTENT                                                          $200 
     VOLATILE LOSS BY ACTIVATED CARBON                                      $90 
     VOLATILE LOSS BY THERMAL EVAPORATION                                   $80 
     WATER ABSORPTION                                                       $80 
     X-RAY ANALYSIS                                                        $400 
     YELLOWNESS INDEX                                                     QUOTE
Testing is conducted on one to ten replicates per sample, depending on specifications and sample availability. Prices are on a per sample basis. Standard turn around is ten working days. Rush services are offered. Rush fees are 1.5 cost/48 hours, 2.0 cost/24 hours & 3.0 cost/12 hours.