Making children's toys safer

Phthalates are plasticizers used by manufacturers to make plastics more flexible, durable and softer.The U.S.必威体育赛事投注Consumer Product Safety Commission limits their use in toys and child-care products.必威体育登录手机Happily, Agilent has developed a fast, accurate way to measure total phthalates—even in various fillers and additives.

必威体育登录手机With Agilent FTIR analyzers and exclusive calibrated methods, laboratories can rapidly screen large numbers of parts and objects for phthalate content with little or no sample preparation.In fact, thanks to the portable必威体育登录手机Agilent 4500 Series FTIRand our newly developed4500 Polymer ID Package, you can determine the chemical composition of a polymer in seconds.

If the level of phthalates is below 0.1 percent, you know the product is safe, and there's no need for more specific—and more expensive—testing.*

* According to Section 108 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA)

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Find out more:

• App Note: Rapid and Reliable Phthalate Screening in Plastics by Portable FTIR Spectroscopy
• Webinar: Polymer Package – Phthalate Identification Demonstration
• 必威体育登录手机App Note: Optimizing Analysis of Phthalates in Plastic Toys Using the Agilent 1290 Infinity Method Development Solution
• 必威体育登录手机App Note: Sensitive and Reproducible Phthalate Analysis Using the Agilent 5977A Series GC/MSD
• Polymers, Plastics, and Composites in Materials Testing
• Polymers in Energy and Chemicals