CASE STUDY: Polymer Weathering and Degradation

The insight from polymer failure investigations can help to avoid recurrence and prevent failure in similar materials, components, systems, or products in the future. It can also aid materials / selection, qualification processes, design engineering and production processes by driving understanding into to the material’s properties and performance.

In this case study, Dr. Peter Muehlschlegel, Project Manager and Scientific Expert, describes two examples where failure investigations helped to resolve the origin of failure where materials do not perform satisfactorily. Examples include defects observed in polymer vials after sterilization and the impact of weathering on a polycarbonate film.

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