There is an immediate industrial need for new, validated and standardised measurement methods capable of high-resolution dimensional and mechanical property mapping of viscous materials. Viscous materials (such as polymers) continuously deform over time. This not only makes polymeric parts subject to dimension change that limits their useful lifetime, but invalidates current measurement methods, which assume a time independent material response. The joint European research project MeProVisc provides validated indentation and contact measurement methods to measure the shape, mechanical properties and deformation rate of viscous materials. This workshop will provide early exposure and introductory training to the project validated methods that are being proposed as new International standards.
One application of the project results is the precision measurement of polymer layer thickness on hard substrates. This is usually difficult, since many polymers are transparent and hence difficult to measure by optical methods but at the same time difficult to measure for tactile instruments like stylus instruments or scanning force microscopes due to their softness. Systematic deviations of the measured film thickness of several hundred nanometres are not uncommon. The workshop will present a new method to correct tactile thickness measurements (see also DIN 32567).
Information on participating / attending:
Date:
09/23/2014 08:30 - 09/23/2014 16:00
Event venue:
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
Bundesallee 100
38116 Braunschweig
Niedersachsen
Germany
Target group:
Business and commerce, Scientists and scholars
Email address:
Relevance:
transregional, national
Subject areas:
Mechanical engineering
Types of events:
Conference / symposium / (annual) conference, Seminar / workshop / discussion
Entry:
06/23/2014
Sender/author:
Dr. Jens Simon
Department:
Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event47668
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