Physical Testing

Omega Specialty Products & Services physical testing services is located in a modern and well equipped technical center in Cleveland, Ohio with many experienced and advanced degreed scientists.

Services include analysis of polymers and coatings as well as information regarding specific raw material characteristics.

Mechanical Testing
Stress/strain curves, strength, yield and modulus data on solid materials.  Creep displacement data as a function of time under constant load.

Differential Scanning Calorimetry
Tg, Melting point, crystallization temperature of polymers and other materials.  Heats of fusion and reaction, cure kinetics, material purity.

Dynamic Mechanical Analysis
Modulus, Tan delta, Tg data on polymers/plastics. Crosslink density measurements.

Dielectric Analysis
Capacitance, conductance of plastics and polymers.

Particle Sizing
Mean particle size and distribution of latexes and pigments.

Minimum Film Formation Temp
MFFT of water based resins/latexes as well as paints/coatings.

Controlled Stress Rheometry
Viscosity as a function of stress, yield stress for liquids and pastes.

Contact Angle
Wetability, surface energy, wicking rate into a solid surface.

Oil Absorption

Sieving

Water Vapor Permeability
Perm data on organic coatings (wet and dry method).

ESA/Zeta Potential
Surface charge and isoelectric point of dispersions.

Internal Stress Measurements
Internal stress of coatings as a function of temperature and humidity.

Omega Specialty Products & Services, LLC
601 Canal Road, Cleveland, OH 44113
Phone: 216-566-2732