Types of Applications
- RoHS compliance
- Safety of children’s products
Types of Samples
- Metals
- Plastics
- Polymers
- Integrated Circuit chips
- Fibers
- Packaging material
- Coatings
- Chemicals
- Oil
- Adhesives
- Children’s products
- Ink
- Paint
Metals/Heavy Metals Tests
Constituents Tested
- Copper (Cu)
- Arsenic (As)
- Cadmium (Cd)
- Lead (Pb)
- Mercury (Hg)
- Nickel (Ni)
- Chromium (Cr)
- Hexavalent Chromium
Test Methods
• United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) procedures
• International Electrotechnical Commission IEC 62321
• United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) procedures
• Flow Injection Mercury System (FIMS)
• Inductively Coupled Plasma – Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES)
• Ultra-Violet/Visible (UV-VIS) Spectrophotometry
Organic Compound Tests
Constituents Tested
- Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB)
- Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE)
- Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH)
- Phthalates (DBP, BBP, DEHP, DNOP, DIDP, DINP, DIBP, DNHP, DPENP, DHEXP, DCHP)
- Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD)
- Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
Test Methods
- United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) procedures
- International Electrotechnical Commission IEC 62321
- United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) procedures
- Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry (GCMS)
- CEN/TS 15968: 2010
Halogen Tests
Constituents Tested
- Fluorine (F)
- Chlorine (Cl)
- Bromine (Br)
- Iodine (I)
Test Methods
- BS EN 14582