Researchers at the university in New York have combined four detection methods in an attempt to measure recycled content in a ...
Recycled plastics are promoted on everything from water bottles and fleece jackets to shopping bags and yogurt cups: "This ...
Japanese researchers have developed an accelerated testing method to quickly and accurately determine if harmful chemicals ...
Polymer-based-or plastic-synthetic materials have a hold on the fashion industry, currently making up about two-thirds of all fibers used in textiles with no signs of slowing down. At the same time, ...
My March column addressed flexural test methods for composite materials. I noted that the details presented in the various available national and international standards were not mutually consistent ...
A Standard Test Method is a conclusive procedure that yields a test result. So as to achieve accurate and relevant test results, a standard test method is definite, unambiguous, and experimentally ...
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 ...