SERVICES PROVIDED:

MATERIAL COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS:

1. IDENTIFICATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF METALS AND THEIR COMPOUNDS

AAS, SEM-EDS, trace metal impurities by ICP-MS in clean room (class 1000), XRD, FTIR, IC (with conductivity detector). Method development.

2. IDENTIFICATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

FTIR (inc. ATR), GC/MS (headspace, thermaldesorption, pyrolysis, purge&trap), HPLC – UV detector and IC pulsed amperometric detection, CE. Method development.

3. DETERMINATION OF WATER CONTENT: KARL FISHER-TITRATION

4. THERMOGRAVIMETRIC METHODS FOR DETERMINATION OF RESIDUE MASS WHEN HEATED

Mass change as a function of temperature by TGA (20-1000°C, different gases, heating rate 0,1 – 80 °C/min), decomposition in ovens up to 1800°C. Method development.

Standards: ASTM E1641, E1131, D3850.