Mark A. Saab Advanced Polymers Properties Testing Laboratory

The lab, located in Ball 201, contains a variety of property testing equipment that is used to determine the mechanical, electrical, optical and thermal properties of plastic materials.

The test equipment for this lab includes:

Dynatup Instrumented Drop Impact Tester (2)
Instron Universal Testing Machines
Izod Impact Tester
Charpy Impact Tester
Flexural Stiffness Tester
Rockwell and Shore Hardness Testers
Creep Testing Equipment
Volume and Surface Resistivity
Coefficient of Friction Testing
Density Measurement Equipment

link to Advanced Polymers web site
link to Cabot Corp web site.