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Organic Analytical Laboratory
Complete organic analysis using a combination of infrared spectroscopy and microscopy, gas and liquid chromatography, mass spectral, and wet chemical techniques.

  • Unknown materials (liquid, solids, gases, particulate) characterization and identification
  • Polymeric materials additives and fillers analysis
  • Deformulation of polymer and adhesive systems
  • Materials off-gas analysis with variable temperature programming
  • Quantitative analysis of organic constituents in process, environmental, or waste streams
  • Measurement of airborne contaminants and particulate
  • Infrared transmission and reflectance property analysis
    Major Instrumentation
    • Bio-Rad FTS-40 FTIR Spectrometer UMA Microscope, Attenuated Total Reflectance, GC/IR, Long-Pass Cell
    • Waters Integrity LC/MS System with Particle Beam and Photodiode Array Detection
    • Waters HPLC and GPC System with Refractive Index, Single-Channel UV, and Photodiode Array Detection
    • Agilent 6890 GC/MS with 5973 MSD
    • Gas Chromatography with FID, ECD, NPD, FPD, and TCD Detectors
    • Entech gas cannister analysis with cryogenic focussing
    • Dionex Acclerated Solvent Extractor
Inorganic Analytical Laboratory
Complete inorganic analysis using atomic spectroscopy, thermal and physical techniques and wet chemical techniques.
  • Identify unknown materials, defects , contaminants (including ultra-trace elemental information)
  • Chemical analysis of any glass or mineral (raw materials)
  • Competitor product evaluation
  • Compositional information incorporating microstructural, thermal & chemical analyses
  • Biodissolution data & profiles
  • Leaching & chemical attack behavioral analysis
  • Thermal analysis (DSC, TGA, TMA, DTA)
    Major Instrumentation
    • Perkin-Elmer Optima 3000 ICP (Inductively Coupled Plasma)
    • Perkin-Elmer Optima 3000 ICP DV (dual view)
    • Perkin-Elmer Optima 4300 ICP DV
    • Philips PW2404 XRF (X-ray fluorescence spectrometer)
    • DIONEX DX120 IC (Ion Chromatography)
    • TA Instruments Thermal Analysis Modules:
      1. TGA - 2950 (Hi-Res)
      2. TMA - 2940
      3. DSC - 2910 (Modulated DSC)
      4. SDT - 2960 (DSC-TGA)
Contact:  Rick Packard