As a significant portion of our R&D business is focused on the development of materials and chemical formulations that must perform in extreme environments, METSS has the expertise and resources needed to support a broad range of materials testing and characterization programs. This expertise is used to support our internal R&D programs, as well as a significant number of technology assessment programs where the potential for degenerative chemical interactions with materials must be well defined.
Typical materials testing programs may emphasize the following:
- Materials identification
- Physical property testing
- Mechanical property testing
- Thermal analysis
- Thermal conductivity testing
- Chemical compatibility testing
- Temperature-dependent properties
- Environmental stability testing
- Corrosion resistance testing
- Thermal-oxidative stability testing
- Failure analysis
- Mass transport property characterization
- Test methodology development