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Analytical Services for chemical analysis of bulk material

    Ferrous and non ferrous metallurgical samples
  • Major compositional analysis of alloys
  • eg. Jewellery alloys ( Au, Ag, Cu ); Si-Al, Zn based alloys, steel of different specification,
  • tungsten alloys, ferromolybdenum, ferronioboium, ferrovanadium etc. for stoichiometric specification analyses
  • Multielement impurity characterisation down to sub ppm levels
  • eg.Ni based superalloys ( for As, Se, Bi, Sb, Pb, Sn, Pb, Te ); high purity copper, high purity iron, aluminium, Steels ( B, Si and other elements )
    • High purity materials
  • Bulk impurity characterisation
  • Eg: in Ge, Si, As, Cd, Te, Sb, Ga etc. Assessment of purity levels (5N and above)
  • Assay of constituents in compound semiconductors (GaAs, GaP, GaSb, GalnAlAs, CdTe, CdTeHg etc.)
  • Epitaxial and multilayered films, thickness and stoichiometry measurements.
  • Impurities in process Liquids like water, acids and other organic reagents, down to parts per trillion levels Ceramics
    • Bio –(Metal) samples
  • Analysis of both essential and toxic elements in tissues and body fluids
  • eg. Pb in Blood, Cd in urine, Al in dialysis fluids and plasma proteins, Arsenic in blood and hair, Pt in plasma( Cisplatin administration ).
  • Analysis of other tissues like nails, hair for occupational exposure
  • eg. Arsenic poisoning studies
  • Analysis of canned food items, beverages, chocolates, cereals.
    • Pharmaceutical analysis
  • Trace elements in various dry preparations
  • eg. Pb in anhydrous ferrous sulphate, trace elements in vitamins and other preparations like analgesic tablets etc., based on the requisite specifications ( BP, IP, USP )
  • Spectroscopic characterisation of specific drug in liquid, solid or powder w.r.t their stability
  • Residual catalytic elements or those picked up from the process of preparation
  • Leaching of toxic elements from containers to injectibles
    • Water
  • Water – Inorganic constituents cationic / anionic down to sub ppb levels (ISO 17025 accredited activity)
  • e.g. Toxic heavy elements like As, Hg, Pb, Cr, Cd, Ni; F in drinking water, ground water contamination due discharge of effluents, sewerage etc Speciation of toxic elements
  • eg. Methyl mercury and inorganic mercury, As (III) &As (V), Se (II) & Se(IV), Cr(III) & Cr(VI) in water
  • Analysis for chloride ions in water used for concrete preparation
  • Analysis of silicon in boiler feed water
  • Analysis of scales formed in corrosive environments
    • Soil & sediments
  • Soil - Trace elemental contents and their leaching behaviour under different conditions, analysis of sediments for their elemental contents of interest.
    • Plants
  • Trace elements – essential and toxic such as Fe, Mn, Mo, Se, As, Hg, Cd etc. Comprehensive speciation studies of Hg, As and Se
    • Petrochemical / Fertilizer industry:
  • Assay of industrial catalysts
  • eg. Pt-Rh alloys, Mo in activated carbon, catalyst film on carbon electrodes, automobile catalysts for Pt, Rh; V in cracking catalysts and fuel oils
  • Trace elemental impurities in petrochemical products like naphtha, petrol, xylene, acetone etc.
  • Identification of nonvolatile constituents in volatile liquids and vice versa Trace elements in wear identification
  • eg: B, Ca, Ni, Zn in waste oil; Fe in lubricating oil
    • Geological / mining industry :
  • Prospecting for precious metals like Pt, Au, Pd, Rh
  • Strategic minerals for high technology
    • Analytical Services for Surface Chemical Analysis
  • Identification of elements
  • Determination of atomic composition,
  • Isotopic analysis,
  • Defect analysis
  • Micro-area elemental mapping
  • Analysis of multilayered coatings e.g
  • 21-layered optical coating
  • 5 layered antireflecting coating
  • 3 layered coatings
    • Failure analysis /Corrosion / related studies
  • Embrittlement due to nitridation in ammonia converter plant
  • Corrosion due to fluorination and oxidation
  • Inter diffusion in multilayered coatings for neutron detector
  • Corrosion behaviour, migration of constituents under specific corrosive conditions
  • eg. Migration of Cr, hydrogen related SCC (Stress Corrosion Cracking)
  • Adsorption of corrosive agents on surfaces, eg. Fluorine uptake on metal and alloy surfaces when exposed to HF, fluorine gas etc. during passivation
    • Characterisation for thin films
  • Thin films – thickness (ISO 17025 accredited activity)
  • stoichiometry measurements
  • Eg. Ornamental coatings, wear resistant tools (Nitrided surfaces, metal nitrides like Zr, V, Ti on various substrates)
  • Elemental migration under physical / chemical treatments
    • Depth profiling studies
  • Depth profiling of hydrogen,
  • boron,
  • nitrogen,
  • oxygen,
  • fluorine and
  • sulphur.
    • Morphological studies
  • AFM images
    • Physical properties
  • Resistivity measurements four probe
  • Hardness measurement (Vickers micro hardness test)