New Hampshire Materials Laboratory (NHML) provides customized, cost-effective testing in failure analysis, mechanical and chemical testing of all metals and polymers. Expertise: Failure Analysis: fatigue, fracture, cracking, corrosion, loss of strength, bending, debonding, weld, braze or solder failure, color, surface finish, fire damage, water damage, structural damage and more. Chemical Analysis: materials identification and analysis, contaminants, certification and compliance, reverse engineering, and corrosion. Mechanical Testing: metal and plastic strength, custom fixturing for testing finished parts, tension, compression, bending, peel/tear strength, and elongation. Metallography: opaque object microscopy looking at coating thickness, plating, hardness, grain size, corrosion analysis, heat treating, and fracture morphology. Electron Microscopy: SEM services analyzing metals, plastics, ceramics, contaminants and fracture surfaces.
