[Meet the Expert] Conference 2024

30.10.2024 3 min read

Next Tuesday, November 5, the 13th [MEET THE EXPERT] Implants Conference will take place at the Concert Hall in Solothurn (CH) The title of the confer …

RMS Foundation has a new homepage

18.10.2024 2 min read

Compared to the old, somewhat outdated website, the new homepage is brighter and more modern. The images used show our competent team at work every da …

IL-5: Is the strength sufficient – is the deformation permissible?

17.10.2024 8 min read

Mechanical tests in the RMS The RMS has a broad experience in static and quasistatic tests under tensile, compressive, bending or torsional loads as w …

IL-4: Chemical surface analysis with XPS

17.10.2024 9 min read

The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, short XPS, utilises the photoelectrical effect (figure 1): X-rays are used to excite the electrons in a material …

IL-2: Do you know the fatigue strength of your components?

17.10.2024 7 min read

The RMS has a series of appliances at its disposal. Among them are those for the uniaxial and multiaxial dynamic testing of material specimens, compon …

IL-16: Cleanliness of medical devices

16.10.2024 6 min read

The scientists of the RMS Foundation focused for many years on the toxicological assessment of biomaterials only. While biocompatibility assessments h …

IL-6: Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and chemical analysis (EDX)

16.10.2024 7 min read

In the scanning electron microscopy, we use a focussed electron beam to scan the surface of a specimen in vacuo. This emits the secondary electrons (S …

IL-7: Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and application fields

16.10.2024 7 min read

As a special possibility, the SEM of the RMS Foundation offers the three-dimensional recording and depiction of surfaces as well as the calculation of …

IL-10: Contact Angle Measurements in the RMS Foundation

16.10.2024 8 min read

The contact angle of a drop on a surface strongly depends on the chemistry of the surface and on the test liquid: If both are polar (e.g. a water drop …

IL-11: Surface analysis of a medical instrument

16.10.2024 7 min read

The discoloured surface of the forceps couldn’t be removed with an acid pickling process and was only with mechanical grinding to remove, what cannot …