Deformultation & Additive Identification

There can be many reasons why a product would need to be deformulated. For example, health and safety checks on substances ensure products contain the correct components, or reverse engineering a competitor product can drive your own product development. Our analysts also have experience in exploring patent violations and identifying specific additives and process steps. Below is a list of the deformulation and identification work undertaken at LPD.

Product Deformulation

• Quantification of metal levels in fuel additives by AAS
• Competitor Comparisons and Reverse Engineering
• Professional cleaning product deformulation
• Chemical product formulation checks for Health and Safety labelling.
• Rapid determination of phosphorous contents in diesel and bio-diesel by XRF.
• Checking for measurement of specific active ingredients and fillers in healthcare and cosmetic applications.

Additive Determination

• Deformulation of adhesive additives to explain different adhesive properties using FTIR.
• Paint, adhesive, sealant and gasket filler particle fingerprinting.
• Degradation of plastics and rubbers by loss or insufficient addition of stabilisers.