General Applications
- Identifying unknown chemicals or materials
- Analyzing competitor’s products
- Providing analytical data to support chemical synthesis, product development,
alternate sourcing, product comparisons, or process troubleshooting
Organic Chemistry Applications
- Determining detailed chemical structures of organic molecules or polymers
- Testing chemical components or formulations for impurities or contaminants
- Quantifying the components of a known mixture or formulation
- Determining the composition of an unknown mixture
Applications in the Fiber & Textile
Finish Industries
- Identifying lubricants, surfactants, and antistats used in finish formulations
- Deformulating fiber and textile finishes to determine their chemical
makeup
- Determining the composition of finishes extracted from fibers or fabrics
- Measuring the EO content of ethoxylated surfactants
- Measuring the components of phosphate ester surfactants (monoester, diester,
triester, pyrophosphates, and inorganic acid) by phosphorus-31 NMR
- Characterizing EO/PO copolymers for EO/PO ratio, block vs. random structure,
initiator type, and approximate molecular weight by proton and carbon-13
NMR
- Identifying the functional side chains in modified (e.g., aminofunctional)
silicones
- Identifying cationic (quaternary ammonium) compounds by ESI-MS
Other Applications in the Fiber
and Textile Industries
- Identifying polymers used for synthetic fibers and the additives and/or
comonomers present in those polymers
- Determining the chemical structures of soluble dyes, fluorescent whiteners,
flame retardants, light stabilizers, and other additives
- Identifying deposits/buildup/residues from fiber and textile processing
machinery
- Determining fiber blend ratios
- Measuring the poly(ethylene glycol)
content of PEG-modified polyester fibers
Applications in Polymer Industries
- Identifying the polymer(s) used in manufactured
articles
- Measuring the vinyl acetate content
of EVA copolymers
- Distinguishing nylon 6 from nylon 66
- Identifying and measuring comonomers
in polyester bottle resins
- Determining the degree of substitution
of modified cellulose and starch
- Identifying extractable additives in
polyolefin resins
- Determining the composition of pigmented
masterbatch resins