Material Aging Thermoplasts and Elastomers

  • Material aging under alkaline conditions
  • Exposure to 100% oxygen and KOH possible
  • Temperature up to 90°C
  • Ideal for tensile bars for follow-up-tests
  • Designed as superaccelerated test
  • Plastics and elastomers

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Material Aging Thermoplasts / Elastomers

  • Material aging under alkaline conditions.
  • Exposure to 100% oxygen and KOH is possible.
  • Temperature up to 90°C.
  • Ideal for tensile bars for follow-up tests.
  • Designed as a super-accelerated test.
  • Plastics and elastomers.

Key features

  • Artificial aging:
    • Up to 90°C
    • Up to 30 barg
    • Up to 100% oxygen
    • 30 weight% KOH
    • Continuous change between KOH and oxygen through an oscillating vessel
    • Specimen holders for elastomer samples S2
    • Specimen holders for thermoplastic samples 1A
  • Follow-up Tests
    • Tensile test
    • Hardness test
    • Electrical resistance / contact resistance

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Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg (ZSW)

As one of the leading independent hydrogen research institutes in Europe, ZSW’s mission is application-oriented R&D and technology transfer to industry to support the market ramp-up of new energy technologies. With decades of expertise in electrolysis, including AWE, AEM and PEM, as well as PEM fuel cell development, testing and manufacturing, we offer testing and consulting services, cooperative R&D and our own technologies/IP for product development. ZSW: 38 years of research, development and technology transfer.

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