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The Automotive Research Materials Laboratory is an ISO/IEC-17025 accredited laboratory that specializes in conducting customer designed fuel-submersion conditioning matrixes that involve various materials, conditioning temperatures (-90 to 250 ° F), fuel blends and testing intervals.
The laboratory evaluates mechanical properties including, but not limited to, tensile properties (ISO 527), flexural properties (ISO 178), Charpy impact strength (ISO 179), Izod impact strength, peel tests, hose pull-off tests, weld strength testing, dimension change and weight change.
he Materials Laboratory has access to precision metrology equipment to support its program needs. Please refer to the Metrology Lab page for more details. Testing can also be performed following protocols including SAE J1748, SAE J1681 and many OEM procedures.
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Seal Compatibility Testing of Elastomers:
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The AR Chemistry Lab has over 25 years experience in performing seal compatibility testing (elastomers). The lab has performed testing in accordance with industry standards such as ASTM D471 (volume change), ASTM D2240 (hardness) and ASTM D412 (tensile strength & elongation). Automotive Research also has a long history of conducting and joint-developing customer specified procedures.
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Materials Testing Expertise:
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AR is a leader in the field of fuel systems testing. Automotive Research has obtained many years of experience working with various fuel system materials and handling and blending of a great variety of automotive fuels. Automotive Research can provide many testing fuels including alcohol blends, aggressive water blends, auto-oxidized blends and SAE J1681 fuel surrogates for your conditioning needs. Automotive Research can also provide those test fuels having upcoming concerns such as Brazilian blends and biodiesel.
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- Toll Free USA: 1 888 400 0084
- All Others: +01 281 971 5600
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Intertek AR is located at:
5404 Bandera Road
San Antonio, Texas
78238-1993 USA
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