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Polymers
Polymer Analysis: From Material Understanding to Application Performance
Polymers are at the heart of modern innovation – from lightweight automotive components and advanced electronics to additive manufacturing and sustainable materials.
Understanding how these materials behave is essential to ensure performance, quality, and long-term reliability. With NETZSCH thermal analysis, rheology and firetesting, you gain precise insights into material behavior.
Whether you work with thermoplastics, elastomers, composites, or recyclates, our solutions help you make confident, data-driven decisions across the entire lifecycle of your materials.
Thermal Analysis, Rheology and Fire Testing in the Plastics Industry
Polymers are processed by heating, shaping, and cooling – making it essential to understand both their temperature-dependent behavior and flow properties.
Additives and fillers are used to tailor performance, while real-life conditions, including thermal loads and fire exposure, require reliable material characterization to ensure quality and safety.
NETZSCH Analyzing & Testing combines Thermal Analysis, Rheology, and Fire Testing to provide comprehensive insights – from DSC, TGA, and rheometers to fire testing solutions like the LOI 901 and TCC 918 Cone Calorimeter.
Whether for product development, process optimization, quality assurance, or safety evaluation, our technologies support you across the entire lifecycle of your polymers.
Explore by Material
Explore polymer classes and discover the right analytical methods, properties, and applications for your materials.
Commodity Thermoplastics
Analyze high-volume materials such as PE, PP, PVC, and PS to ensure quality, consistency, and process stability.
Engineering
Plastics
Analyze high-volume materials such as PE, PP, PVC, and PS to ensure quality, consistency, and process stability.
High-Performance Polymers
Investigate Curing (Crosslinking Reactions)Literally translated, the term “crosslinking“ means “cross networking”. In the chemical context, it is used for reactions in which molecules are linked together by introducing covalent bonds and forming three-dimensional networks.curing behavior, crosslinking, and Thermal StabilityA material is thermally stable if it does not decompose under the influence of temperature. One way to determine the thermal stability of a substance is to use a TGA (thermogravimetric analyzer). thermal stability of epoxy resins, polyurethanes, and other thermosetting systems.
Thermosets
Investigate Curing (Crosslinking Reactions)Literally translated, the term “crosslinking“ means “cross networking”. In the chemical context, it is used for reactions in which molecules are linked together by introducing covalent bonds and forming three-dimensional networks.curing behavior, crosslinking, and Thermal StabilityA material is thermally stable if it does not decompose under the influence of temperature. One way to determine the thermal stability of a substance is to use a TGA (thermogravimetric analyzer). thermal stability of epoxy resins, polyurethanes, and other thermosetting systems.
Elastomers &
Rubber
Evaluate viscoelastic behavior, Curing (Crosslinking Reactions)Literally translated, the term “crosslinking“ means “cross networking”. In the chemical context, it is used for reactions in which molecules are linked together by introducing covalent bonds and forming three-dimensional networks.curing, and performance of rubber materials under real application conditions.
Thermoplastic Elastomers
Combine insights into both elastic and thermoplastic behavior for flexible, high-performance materials.
Composites & Filled Polymers
Analyze fiber-reinforced and filled systems to understand mechanical performance, filler content, and thermal behavior.
Polymer Blends & Recyclates
Identify composition, detect contamination, and improve quality in complex multi-material systems and recycling streams.
Thermal Properties of Polymers at a Glance
Get access to a comprehensive database on different polymer types and their thermal properties based on real thermal analysis measurements.
NETZSCH for Educators
Introductory course slides for thermal analysis and rheology on plastics
We have created an extensive set of introductory course slide decks that can be used by professors and other educators involved in teaching polymer classes. This service is free of charge.
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