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# Deformulation of silicone in the laboratory

## Within the framework of development or optimization projects of an industrial product, you wish to carry out a deformulation of your silicones

### What is a silicone?

A silicone is a polymer (inorganic compound) formed from a silicon-oxygen chain.

A hybrid between rubber and thermoplastic polymer, silicone is used in many fields.

Indeed, silicones have been adopted and adapted in various specialties including the medical field (eg breast prostheses), the food industry (eg cake molds) and are also found in the composition of cosmetic products including shampoos, moisturizers …

### Why deform a silicone?

The deformulation of a silicone is a method allowing, with the help of various chemical analysis, to determine the nature and the quantity of its raw materials.

Moreover, it allows to better know the studied material and thus to better apprehend the structural problems of this one but also to characterize its defective quality.

## FILAB assists you in the analysis of your silicones by chemical deformulation

This deformulation analysis approach allows to answer different needs such as

## our services

Analyze and determine the composition of an unknown silicone

Compare the composition of several silicones (double-sourcing or multi-sourcing)

Check the conformity to a Safety Data Sheet (SDS) or a technical data sheet of a silicone

Analyze and identify a pollution or an impurity in a silicone-based product

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### Discover our polymer deformulation services

 "Signature" pack: Identification / Rapid fingerprinting
Quickly identify the nature of the main polymer (material sorting, simple control).

 "Signature +" pack: Identification / Rapid fingerprinting
Quickly identify the nature of the main polymer (material sorting, simple control).

 "Structure" pack: Structural Identification and Formulation
Determine the composition of the polymer matrix and understand its molecular structure (copolymers, thermal degradation, stabilities).

 "Insight Pack": Structural Identification, Formulation and Charges
Identify the polymer and the presence/nature of mineral fillers.

 "ORGANIC ADDITIVES" Pack: Qualitative research on organic additives in the presence
Identify all the organic constituents (polymer + additives).

 "DEEP" Pack: Complete Deformulation
Obtain the total organic and mineral composition

#### Get a quote for polymer deformulation studies:

Easily compare our offers using the table below, which details the techniques included in each package to help you choose the one best suited to your needs.

**Have a question? Please fill out the form on the right to speak with our expert.**

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|   | FTIR | Py-GCMS | TGA | SEM-EDX | NVR | GC/MS | LC-HRMS |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **« Signature » PACK** | **✅** |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| **« Signature + » PACK** | **✅** |   | **✅** |   |   |   |   |
| **« Structure »****PACK** | **✅** | **✅** |   |   |   |   |   |
| **« Insight » PACK** | **✅** | **✅** | **✅** | **✅** |   |   |   |
| **« ORGANIC ADDITIVES » PACK** |   | **✅** |   |   | **✅** | **✅** | **✅** |
| **« DEEP » PACK** | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |

## our resources

[FTIR](https://filab.fr/en/our-technical-resources/laboratory-analysis-ftir-spectroscopy.md) to determine the composition of silicone

GCMS and [Pyrolysis GC-MS](https://filab.fr/en/our-technical-resources/py-gc-ms-pyrolysis-gc-ms.md) to quantify additives, residual monomers, Bisphenol A, phthalates...

[TGA](https://filab.fr/en/our-technical-resources/tga-tga-ftir-and-tga-ms-analysis-at-filab-laboratory.md)

DSC ([Differential Scanning Calorimetry](https://filab.fr/en/our-technical-resources/laboratory-analysis-dsc-calorimetric.md)) to measure melting and degradation temperatures, crystallinity rate...

 [SEM/EDX](https://filab.fr/en/our-technical-resources/laboratory-analysis-sem-scanning-electron-microscopy.md) to characterize a particle or a deposit