Analytical Services for chemical analysis of bulk material

     Ferrous and non ferrous metallurgical samples

Ø  Major compositional analysis of alloys

 eg. Jewellery alloys ( Au, Ag, Cu ); Si-Al, Zn based alloys, steel of different specification,

Ø  Stoichiometry analysis of alloys

Ø  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 ), Zircalloys and Zr-Nb alloys

High purity materials: High purity silicon dioxide, germanium

Ø  Bulk impurity characterisation

  eg: in Ge, Si, As, Cd, Te, Sb, Ga etc. Assessment of purity levels (5N and above)

Ø  Assay of constituents in compound semiconductors (GaAs, GaP, GaSb, GalnAlAs, CdTe, CdTeHg    etc.)

Ø  Epitaxial and multilayered films, thickness and stoichiometry measurements.

Ø  Impurities in process Liquids like water, acids and other organic reagents, down to parts per trillion levels Ceramics

Bio –(Metal) samples

Ø  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 ).

Ø  Analysis of other tissues like nails, hair for occupational exposure

Ø  Analysis of canned food items, beverages, chocolates, cereals.

Pharmaceutical analysis

Ø  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 )

Ø  Spectroscopic characterisation of specific drug in liquid, solid or powder w.r.t their stability

Water

Ø  Water – Inorganic constituents cationic / anionic down to sub ppb levels

o   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

o   eg. Methyl mercury and inorganic mercury, As (III) &As (V), Se (II) & Se(IV), Cr(III) & Cr(VI) in water

     Soil & sediments

Ø  Soil - Trace elemental contents and their leaching behaviour under different conditions, analysis of sediments for their elemental contents of interest.

Plants

Ø  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:

Ø  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

Ø  Trace elemental impurities in petrochemical products like naphtha, petrol, xylene, acetone etc.

Ø  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:

Ø  Prospecting for precious metals like Pt, Au, Pd, Rh

Ø  Strategic minerals for high technology

Analytical Services for Surface Analysis

Ø  Identification of elements

Ø  Determination of atomic composition,

Ø  Isotopic analysis,

Ø  Analysis of multilayered coatings upto 40 layers

     Depth profiling studies

Ø  Depth profiling of hydrogen,

Ø  boron,

Ø  nitrogen,

Ø  oxygen,

Ø  fluorine and

Ø  sulphur.

Failure analysis /Corrosion / related studies

Ø  Embrittlement due to nitridation in ammonia converter plant

Ø  Corrosion due to fluorination and oxidation

Ø  Inter diffusion in multilayered coatings for neutron detector

Ø  Corrosion behaviour, migration of constituents under specific corrosive conditions

   eg. Migration of Cr, hydrogen related SCC (Stress Corrosion Cracking)

Ø  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

Ø  Thin films – thickness

Ø  stoichiometry measurements in thin film coatings

Ø  Ornamental coatings, wear resistant Nitrided surfaces, binary/ternary nitride, carbide, oxide coatings)

Ø  Elemental migration under physical / chemical treatments

Morphological studies

Ø  AFM/STM/SEM/EDS