When the Unexpected Happens to Your Polymer Components The Challenge The list of incompatible chemicals that are known to directly attack and chemically degrade a polymer are easily found in a supplier's product datasheet. But, in the field, it is not always possible to anticipate or protect from exposure to the unknown. So what happens when a plastic component is exposed to a wide range of chemical agents in the environment and fails prematurely? Lucideon was presented with this very scenario: an injection molded component was failing catastrophically during use and it was not clear why this was occurring. Manufacturing was suspended, the component was back ordered and the client was losing money every day that the component could not be supplied. What We Delivered Failed components were

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