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)