In the past year, we have seen a growing interest and commitment to the environment at both the business and consumer levels. More businesses are focused on providing environmentally friendly products ...

Japanese researchers have developed an accelerated testing method to quickly and accurately determine if harmful chemicals ...

W. CONSHOHOCKEN, PA — A new ASTM International standard will empower producers of certain kinds of plastic tubes to conduct better, faster quality control testing at a lower cost and with greater ...

Microplastics in food can now be detected in hours instead of days, thanks to a new method that improves testing accuracy.

During the injection molding process, harsh conditions (high temperature, high speed) and deterioration of plastic additives can release high volumes of decomposition gases. Mold deposits, gas burns, ...

Until the mid-1970s, compression testing of composite materials received relatively little attention. Up to that point it, had generally been assumed that the compressive stiffness was approximately ...