Ascend's Polymer Analytical Laboratory

The Ascend Nylon Industrial Fibers (NIF) team offers analytical lab support and collaborative forecasting capabilities.

Along with providing the physical properties of the Nylon 6,6 fibers that we produce, such as denier, tenacity, elongation, shrinkage, and entanglement count, Ascend NIF can offer the following types of analysis for nylon fibers and fabrics:

  1. Moisture Analysis
  2. Viscosity Analysis—Relative & Intrinsic
  3. Elemental Analysis
    • X-Ray: Br, Cu, I, Mg, Mn, P, K, Si, S, TiO2
    • ICAP: Al, Ca, Cr, Fe, Li, Ni, Zn
  4. Internal & External Lubricant Analysis
  5. Physical Dye Level Reading using Circular Knitted Fabric of 420-to-2,520 denier fibers
  6. Dye Sites Analysis

In addition, Ascend NIF can provide a more detailed investigation of the item with the following types of analysis:

  1. Polymer Analysis
    • Thermal Analysis
    • Rheology
    • Microscopy
    • Surface Analysis
  2. Chromatography
    • Size Exclusion
    • Gel Permeation
    • Gas
    • Liquid
    • Ion
  3. Spectroscopy—Atomic & Molecular