It looked like silver and felt like silver—but was it?
When a man walked into one of our laboratories with the heavy metal bar in his briefcase, he was contemplating investing in several more. Chemical testing of a sample from the bar revealed its true composition—over 90% tin, with a dash of zinc.
Chemical analysis supports every stage
For buyers like the one above, the age of global trade works best when supported by secure programs of verification and identification. Chemical analysis is a critical tool that can add value by providing essential data at all stages of your product's life—from material selection to R&D to failure analysis.
Chemical testing and analysis at Element
In Element chemistry labs, our chemists continually train in the most advanced techniques to provide a wide range of chemical analyses; our laboratories are equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation, including:
- Sequential X-ray Spectrometers
- Portable X-Ray Fluorescent Analyzer
- Optical Emission Spectroscopy (OES)
- Portable Optical Emission Spectroscopy (OES)
- Atomic Absorption (AA) Analyzers
- Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP)
- Combustion/IR Analyzers
- GC/MS Analyzers
- Glow Discharge Spectrometers (GDS)
- Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometers (FTIR)
- and many more.