We used polyurethane potting on a couple of our electronic modules, and I'm curious as to why you are using a foam? If we have any voiding, moisture makes its way to the board and shorts it out.
We've had great success with Minnesota Rubber (www.mnrubber.com). They custom formulated an EPDM for us, but they do most any elastomer and can mold them as well.
Go to http://www.matweb.com/. You'll have to register, but it's free. Once you are in search for material types. Under polyethylene you'll find low density (LDPE), linear low density, medium density, and high density PE. the Website will not only give general properties, it includes...
It sounds like a hefty job. Just amassing the material properties will keep you busy for some time.
I had started to list some of the things to add and realized I could be here the rest of the afternoon working on the list. If you want to see how an excellent materials database is set up, go...
There's not just one flavor of silicone adhesive. Are you looking at an addition cure or a condensation cure silicone? What is the monomer used to build the chain? Is it ambient cure or elevated cure?
In other words, there is no one single answer to the question. Contact GE or Dow...
Laser marking would work and would eliminate the need to dispose of chemicals used in chem etching. Control Micro Systems make lasers for metal part marking.
You're also dealing with compression set. Over time under load, elastomers will achieve a permanent deformation known as compression set. Another factor to help determine the extent of set is the temperature.
Teflon is a DuPont trade name so you won't find anything specific to it. However if you're looking for PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) I found 29 standards at the ASTM specification search website (http://www.astm.org/search/iatoc). You can look through them to see which one(s) are applicable.
The question was how to differentiate between different grades of stainless using chemical analysis. Thanks for the inputs. I also found 3 ASTM test methods that detail chemical tests to quantify alloying constituents to determine which steel you have.
My background is in non-metallics so hopefully someone here can help. What are the basic chemical tests used to differentiate between stainless steels?
It can be purchased from ASTM. Here's the page for this specific spec. http://www.astm.org/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/DATABASE.CART/PAGES/D790.htm?L+mystore+vukt1702+1004056901
The college might have the ASTM discs where you could make a copy. I haven't found any sites where you can download ASTM's...
A few years back I performed permeability testing for NASA - Marshall Space Flight Center. I tested films and seals.
In 1968 IITRI (http://www.iitri.com/) performed extensive permeability testing encompassing metals as well as non-metals for NASA. Parker Seals...