EUROLAB laboratory provides testing and compliance services within the scope of EN 16472 standard. This European standard specifies a method for performing artificial accelerated photoaging of test specimens by exposing them to a medium pressure filtered mercury vapor lamp as the light source, under controlled temperature conditions.
When a polymeric material is exposed to natural UV radiation and other moderate environmental stresses, most changes in physical properties can be attributed to chemical aging, and the extent of chemical changes may be related to the exposure time under natural outdoor weather conditions.
This method attempts to maximize the acceleration of photoaging by using elevated UV irradiation and temperature, which keeps the basic photoaging mechanism equivalent to that found in natural aging. The temperature rise above the natural level must be limited for photothermal conversion to exceed any pure thermal conversion.
One of the main areas of interest in the use of artificial accelerated photoaging tests is to be able to provide a relevant lifetime estimate of polymeric materials exposed under natural outdoor conditions.
EUROLAB assists manufacturers with EN 16472 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.
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