ASTM D2117 Test for Hot Stage Microscopy Method

EUROLAB, with its state-of-the-art accredited laboratories and expert team, provides precise and fast testing services within the scope of ASTM D2117 testing. This standard, hot stage microscopy is the required analytical technique.

Hot stage microscopy is a technique in which the "stage" - or the area on which it rests, for example, for imaging - is heated and cooled at a controlled rate. This allows us to observe the performance of the sample in response to changing temperatures as it is grown.

ASTM D2117 requires approximately 2 mg of sample, which must be melted and pressed between the glass slide and the glass coverslip. The sample is then cooled at a gradual rate, allowing recrystallization to occur, creating birefringence. This sample was cooled at an extremely slow rate of 0.1°C/min overnight. This allows not only recrystallization but also the formation of beautiful round globules with radian birefringence. They look like individual small circular snowflakes. The sample is then gradually heated and the melting point is determined when birefringence disappears.

EUROLAB assists manufacturers with ASTM D2117 test compliance. Our test experts, with their professional working mission and principles, provide you, our manufacturers and suppliers, the best service and controlled testing process in our laboratories. Thanks to these services, businesses receive more effective, high-performance and quality testing services and provide safe, fast and uninterrupted service to their customers.