company type private company industry analytical instrumentation for polymer characterization founded 1992 founder b. monrabal headquarters valencia spain area served north america south america europe africa asia products gel permeation chromatography size exclusion chromatography chemical composition distribution xylene solubles bivariate distribution preparative fractionation infrared detectors services analytical services laboratory consulting website official website polymer char is a technology based company which designs and manufactures instrumentation for polymer analysis . contents 1 history 2 analytical instrumentation 3 innovation awards 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit polymer char was founded by dr. b. monrabal in 1992 in the valencia technology park in spain being registered with the name of polymer characterization s.a. its initial goal was to develop a commercial crystaf instrument . crystaf crystallization analysis fractionation was a new patented technology developed by dr. monrabal at the dow chemical company laboratories in the netherlands to measure the chemical composition distribution in semicrystalline polymers . the first crystaf prototype crystaf 100 was presented in pittcon the pittsburgh conference on analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy in 1994 in chicago illinois being acquired the first unit in 1995 by a petrochemical company in south korea . consolidated the performance of the crystaf instrument the company continued developing new techniques and instruments for polymer characterization and more specifically for polyolefin polyethylene and polypropylene characterization materials science . today polymer char s technology is present in the petrochemical and research and development industries in over 20 countries in north america south america europe africa and asia . 1 analytical instrumentation edit the company develops analytical instruments for polymer analysis and more specifically for structural characterization of polyolefins chemical composition distribution chemical composition distribution ccd together with the molar mass distribution mmd and their interdependence define the microstructure of a polyolefin . ccd is often the most discriminating feature of a complex polyolefin . some instruments in polymer char s range are available for this purpose crystaf instrument intended for the fast measurement of the chemical composition distribution ccd in polyolefins crystallization analysis fractionation . 2 tref performs the tref technique temperature rising elution fractionation for the characterization of ccd in polyolefins . 3 cef high throughput chemical composition distribution analyzer by cef crystallization elution fractionation . tgic innovative technique for the analysis of low crystallinity polyolefins implemented by a fully automated instrument . gpc molar mass distribution gpc ir high temperature chromatography for the polyolefin molar mass distribution . it works with concentration and composition detectors infrared viscometer and light scattering . 4 5 gpc one gpc calculations software . 6 data unit 200 signals device for gel permeation chromatography instruments . simplified and fully automated gpc instrument aimed at control laboratories in polyolefin production plants . gpc qc simplified and fully automated gpc instrument aimed at control laboratories in polyolefin production plants . intrinsic viscosity iva reliable and automated instrument for intrinsic viscosity analysis of polymers with dissolution temperature up to 200 c. bivariate distribution cfc cross fractionation chromatography cfc instrument to analyze the polyolefin bivariate distribution by tref and gel permeation chromatography . 7 sgic 2d comprehensive 3d results with the advantages of using an ir detector for this new tool aimed at polyolefin characterization . preparative fractionation prep mc2 preparative instrument to fractionate polymers by molar mass or composition tref or crystaf . prep c20 a new column based preparative fractionation instrument capable to fractionate up to 20 grams of polymer . soluble fraction crystex instrument intended to measure the amorphous fraction of polypropylene and ethylene propylene copolymers for quality control laboratories for polypropylene manufacturing plants . 8 crystex qc reliable and fully automated instrument for amorphous phase determination in pp ep manufacturing qc laboratories . crystex 42 crystex 42 high throughput system for simultaneous measurement of the soluble fraction ethylene content and intrinsic viscosity in a fully automated process for up to 42 samples . infrared detectors ir4 infrared detector for composition and concentration measurements in polyolefins for gel permeation chromatography gpc sec hplc tref etc. 9 ir5 infrared detector a very sensitive integrated infrared detector for highly demanding applications in polymer char instruments such us gpc ir hplc cfc and other separation techniques . part of the techniques and instruments were developed with petrochemical companies and research institutes from united states belgium finland germany and japan . the company supplies in over 35 countries around the globe analytical services for polymer characterization . 1 innovation awards edit 2010 new and notable molecular spectroscopy instruments at pittcon 2010 the 61st pittsburgh conference on analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy . 10 gpc ir instrument recognition in 5th position . by chemical & engineering news c & en american chemical society acs . 2009 50 successful companies in innovation . government ministry of industry and trade of the valencian community and the official chambers of commerce and industry . 2005 autosampler crystaf . presented to polymer char in appreciation of its contributions in developing high throughput characterization technology for dow plastics r & d. by the dow chemical company . 2005 technology award . polytechnic university of valencia . 2004 technology award . polytechnic university of valencia . 2002 technology award . polytechnic university of valencia . 1996 award to industry . official chamber of commerce industry and navigation of valencia . see also edit polymer characterization polyolefin gel permeation chromatography size exclusion chromatography polymer science polymer chemistry chromatography references edit a b corporate communications . polymer char . b. monrabal ; tref and crystaf technologies for polymer characterization . encyclopedia of analytical chemistry publisher john wiley & sons 2000 issue pages 8074 8094 . b. monrabal ; microstructure characterization of polyolefins . tref and crystaf progress in olefin polymerization catalysts and polyolefin materials proceedings of the first asian polyolefin workshop . studies in surface science and catalysis volume 161 2006 pages 35 42 . b. monrabal w. w. yau ; engineering advances in gpc instrumentation . the column lcgc volume 7 issue 7 2011 . pages 8 15 . eliminate solvent handling from polyolefin analysis . select science published november 2010 . software for polyolefin gpc applications from polymer char . plastics engineering society of plastics engineers spe published december 2010 . polyolefins microstructure characterization by automated cross fractionation chromatography cfc . lcgc north america app . book published october 2 2010 . crystex automated xylene solubles in pp with viscometer and composition detectors . lcgc chromatography online published march 2 2006 . high temperature gpc analysis of polyolefins with infrared detection . lcgc europe applications book published october 2 2009 . new and notable at pittcon molecular spectroscopy . chemical & engineering news american chemical society published march 29 2010 . external links edit polymer char official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title polymer char & oldid 689454733 categories instrument making corporationselectronic test 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