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Chemical analysis covers a wide range of techniques and an even broader range of samples including solids, liquids and gases from raw materials to finished products. Analysis may involve using a particular or combination of techniques and may be related to a specific problem to solve or product of process research and development. At LPD Lab Services our team of dedicated specialist technical staff have access to many chemical analysis and materials analysis techniques and can advise how best to best address customer requirements in a cost effective and reliable way.
Our Industrial scientist and engineering backgrounds and typical technical expertise mean practical context orientated interpretation of the experimental data is included as a matter of course, giving customers the confidence to act directly upon the results with appropriate support.
Some of the chemical analytical techniques available at LPD Lab Services are:
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X-ray Fluorescence (XRF)
XRF is a sensitive quantitative bulk inorganic analytical technique for solids and liquids with a high sample throughput. XRF can be used for unknown materials or powders, raw materials, glasses, building materials, paint filler and pigments, contaminants etc.. |
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Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS)
GC-MS is suited for identification of organic molecular species of volatile or semi-volatile compounds. It can be used for single compounds, complex mixtures, identifying contaminants or evaluation of polymers and rubbers. |
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Pyrolysis GC-MS
Pyrolysis GC-MS breaks large complex molecules into smaller more analytically useful fragments suitable for identification of rubbers, plastics, organic compounds, deformulation and failure investigation. Volatile and mobile species or residues can be analysed by pyrolyser thermal desorption. |
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Gas Chromatography (GC)
Gas Chromatography GC is used for chemical deformulation, solvent concentration measurements, low level organic and contamination analysis as well as waste solvent and Health and Safety monitoring of organic species. |
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High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
HPLC is used for analysis of organic chemicals and can identify and quantify individual compounds in a mixture. Applications include quantitative determination of amounts of organic chemicals in liquids or chemical additive extractions from coatings, plastics and rubbers. |
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Ion Chromatography (IC)
Ion chromatography IC is a separation technique used to analyse aqueous solutions for anionic and cationic species and weak organic acids WOA. Anions include Fluoride, Chloride, Bromide, Nitrate, Nitrite, Phosphate, Sulphate, Chlorite, Chlorate, Bromate and Acetate. Cations include Lithium Sodium, Potassium, Magnesium, Calcium and Ammonium |
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Potentiostat Electrochemical Testing
The Potentiostat measures the electrochemical characteristics of a metal and aqueous system. It is used to determine the corrosion rate of material plus its passivity and pitting behaviour. |
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Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA)
By ramping temperature and measuring weight TGA monitors chemical and material transformations as compounds change phase, degrade or form at different temperatures. The profiles obtained can yield useful information about the sample in different gas environments. |
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Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
DSC measures energy given out or absorbed when materials change phase or state, through temperature cycles between -50 and +600degC in inert and gas oxidising atmospheres. |
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Near InfraRed NIR Analysis
NIR is used for a range of organic materials characterisation including to generation of information about functional groups such as hydroxyl, ethyl or amide in a molecule for plastics, raw materials and pharmaceuticals. |
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NMR - Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
NMR is used for organic chemical characterisation of small molecules, macromolecules and product impurities for pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and organic molecules. |
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Extractables and Leachables Analysis
Extractables and Leachables analysis details how various techniques can be applied to raw materials or devices to determine the potential chemical extractables that may end up in a finished product. Knowledge of potential extractables from raw materials, products and processes can be essential to improving quality, assessing health risks and problem solving. |
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Please contact us if you do not see the analytical technique you require, we may still be able to help you.
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