Many new materials companies, when building labs, first buy equipment and then test according to standards. But a more efficient way is the opposite—first clarify the national/industry/customer standards corresponding to the product, and then match the equipment and brand according to the standard requirements. This article summarizes commonly used testing standards and corresponding instruments in the new materials industry.  

Thermal analysis: ASTM E1356 (DSC for Tg), ASTM E793 (DSC for melting heat), ASTM E1131 (TGA composition analysis), ASTM D6370 (TGA rubber composition analysis), ISO 11357 series. Instruments from global mainstream thermal analysis brands (TA Instruments, Mettler Toledo) all have these standard method templates built-in. Choosing mainstream brands means standard compliance and comparable reports.  

Mechanical: GB/T 1040 (plastic tensile), GB/T 9341 (plastic bending), GB/T 2792 (adhesive tape peel strength), ASTM D882 (film tensile), ASTM D1004 (film tear). Instron's universal testing machines with Bluehill software come with hundreds of international standard test templates, fully executing standards from sample size and test speed to data output formats.  

Rheology: ISO 3219 (rotational viscometer method), ASTM D4440 (polymer melt dynamic mechanical properties). TA rheometers with TRIOS software support amplitude sweep, frequency sweep, and flow curve tests set according to standard parameters.  

Spectroscopy: ASTM E1252 (FTIR qualitative analysis), ASTM E168 (FTIR quantitative analysis). Thermo Fisher Nicolet and Agilent Cary series FTIRs have the broadest library coverage.  

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