Below is a list of Quality Tests performed at Nordon, Inc. to ensure the highest quality plastics product manufacturing output.

• Ash Content (ASTM D5330)
• ASTM Sample Preparation - Machining or Molding (ASTM D2583)
• Barcol Hardness (ASTM D789, D4878)
• Brookfield Viscosity (ASTM D789, D4878)
• Bulk Density (ASTM D1895B)
• Capillary Rheometry - Shear Sweep (ASTM D3835)
• Capillary Rheometry Thermal Stability (ASTM D3835)
• Carbon Black Content (ASTM D1603)
• Charpy Impact (ISO 179)
• Chemical Compatibility (ASTM D543, UL)
• Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (ASTM E831)
• Cold Bend (UL-1581-580)
• Compression Set (ASTM D395)
• Compression Test (ASTM D695)
• Deflection Temperature Under Flexural Load [HDT] (ASTM D648, ISO75)
• Density (ASTM D792)
• Dielectric Constant / Dissipation Factor (ASTM D150)
• Dielectric Strength (ASTM D149)
• Differential Scanning Calorimetry [DSC] (ASTM D3417, D3418)
• Dimensional Stability (ASTM D1204)
• Extractions (FDA, ASTM)
• Flammability (UL, ASTM, FVMS)
• Flexural Test (ASTM D790, ISO 178)
• Flexural Test at Elevated Temperature (ASTM D790, ISO 178)
• Flexural Test at Reduced Temperature (ASTM D790, ISO 178)
• Fourier Transform Infrared Analysis [FTIR] (ASTM E168, E1252)
• Haze (ASTM D1003, D1044)
• High Speed Puncture [Dynatup] (ASTM D3763)
• Inherent Viscosity (ASTM D4603)
• Intrinsic Viscosity (ASTM D2857)
• ISO Sample Preparation - Machining or Molding (ISO294 / 3167)
• Izod Impact (ASTM D256, ISO 180)
• Izod Impact at Reduced Temperature (ASTM D256, ISO 180)
• Lap Shear (ASTM D1002)
• Melt Flow Index (ASTM D1238, ISO 1133)
• Melt Viscosity (GE)
• Mold Shrinkage (ASTM D955)
• Moisture Content by Karl Fischer (ASTM D789)
• Oven Aging (ASTM, UL)
• Peel Test (ASTM D8116, D4672)
• Pencil Hardness (ASTM D3363)
• Poisson's Ration (ASTM E132)
• Polycarbonate Compatibility (EIA 564-1992)
• Puncture Test (FTMS 101B)
• Refractive Index (ASTM D542)
• Relative Viscosity (ASTM D2857)
• Rockwell Hardness (ASTM D785)
• Shear Test (ASTM D732)
• Shore Hardness (ASTM D2240)
• Short Beam Shear (ASTM D2344)
• Specific Gravity (ASTM D792, D1045)
• Surface Resistivity (ASTM D257)
• Taber Abrasion (ASTM D1044)
• Tear Resistance (ASTM D1004)
• Tensile Impact (ASTM D1822)
• Tensile Test (ASTM D638, D882, D412, ISO 527)
• Tensile Test at Elevated Temperature (ASTM D638, D882, D412, ISO 527)
• Tensile Test at Reduced Temperature (ASTM D638, D882, D412, ISO 527)
• UL Thermal Indexing (UL)
• UV / VIS Spectrophotometry (ASTM D1003)
• V-Notch Shear (ASTM D5379)
• Vicat Softening Point (ASTM D1525, ISO 306)
• Volume Resistivity (ASTM D257)
• Vold Content (ASTM D2734)
• Water Absorption - 24 Hour (ASTM D570)
• Water Absorption - Equilibrium (ASTM E96)
• Water Vapor Transmission (ASTM E96)
• Weight Gain/Loss Studies
• Yellowness Index (ASTM D1925, E313)