Application Note: Moisture Determination of Different Plastic Granules
Plastics are an important parameter in manufacturing and accurate measurement of plastics is essential for quality assurance. Moisture can impact the processability of the majority of plastics and if plastics are moulded or processed with moisture content which is out with the accepted range, then defects can occur, both structurally or visually.
In this application note, we determine the moisture of different plastic granulates using Precisa’s XM60/EM120 Halogen moisture analyser.
Precisa moisture analysis XM60/EM120 Halogen
*Can be conducted using the XM50, XM60-HR & XM66
| Description: | Different plastics granulates |
| Utensils: | Aluminium pan, pipette |
| Preparation: | Spread thinly on pan |
| Sample weight (+/-10%): | 10g |
| Temperature program: | standard |
| Material | PC | PP | PA6 | ABS |
| Temperature: | 125 °C | 105 °C | 80 °C | 125 °C |
| Stop Criteria: | 2d/90s HR 20d/90s | 2d/90s HR 20d/90s | 2d/60s HR 20d/60s | 2d/60s HR 20d/60s |
| Moisture: (average of 3) | 0.33 % | 0.11 % | 0.18 % | 0.16 % |
| Standard Deviation (+/-): | 0.011 % | 0.017 % | 0.014 % | 0.015% |
| Average analysis time: | 10 min | 10 min | 10 min | 10 min |
| Reference: | 0.30 % | 0.11 % | 0.18 % | 0.16 % |
Download our Moisture Analysis Application Note
You can download the complete application note as a PDF: MA0704 Plastics App Note
Precisa Moisture Analyser XM60/EM120
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