Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry

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SERVICES OF THE LABORATORY OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

• Identification of materials and their composition
  
  • Evaluation of the quality, purity, identity and other characteristics of organic and inorganic chemicals, their mixtures, raw materials and auxiliary materials.
• Material Analysis
  
  • analyses of the material composition of various products (analyses of organic compounds using infrared spectroscopy, gas and liquid chromatography, analyses of inorganic substances using X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, elemental analysis by atomic absorption spectroscopy, ICP-OES and ICP-MS spectroscopy)
  • analyses of defects in materials (e.g. corrosion, cracking, yellowing, degradation, or blooming) using a combination of various analytical methods (spectral and chromatographic)
  • analyses of allergenic substances, such as dimethylfumarate, in textiles and leathers
  • emission characteristics of materials (volatile organic compound analysis - VOC, formaldehyde, fogging)
  • determining water in organic and organic matrixes (quantitative and qualitative)
  • determining organic compounds in water (quantitative and qualitative)
  • analyses of non-intended additives (NIAS, e.g. some unwanted side-products of polymerization of styrene and acrylonitrate, or NIAS products from PC, PS, PMMA, etc.)
  • analyses of indoor air (EN 16000-6)
  • analyses of thermal stability of polymers (TD-GC-MS on different levels of temperature)
  • analyses of compositions (e.g. contents of butadiene in rubbers by PY-GC-MS*)
  • measuring of isotopes (by ICP-MS)
  • analyses of nano-materials (by SP-ICP-MS)
  • comparing materials (e.g. determining which raw materials have come from the same source))
• Environmental Analysis
  
  • Assessment of the influence of materials, products, buildings, activities or technologies on the environment, assessment of hazardous characteristics of waste.
• Assessment of Packaging
  
  • A comprehensive evaluation of the safety of packaging materials
• Assessment of materials that are in contact with drinking water and food
  
  • Assessment of materials intended for contact with drinking water, in accordance with domestic and international law.
• Assessment of products for children under three years of age
  
  • Assessment of products intended for children under 3 years of age, in accordance with the Decree of the Ministry of Health on the health requirements for toys and products for children under 3 years of age.
• Measurement of chromaticity
  
  • Measurement of trichromatic coordinates, measurement of colour differences.
• ROHS
  
  • Testing for hazardous substances in electrical and electronic products, in accordance with the Council Directive 2002/95/EC and Act No.185/2001 Coll., on waste.
• REACH
  
  • Processing of procedures for the implementation of requirements in accordance with the REACH regulation (input-output analysis, creation of a list of chemical substances, preparations and articles; determination of the client’s position in the supply chain, in accordance with REACH, the determination of the relevant requirements of the REACH regulation, definition of the optimal procedure for fulfiling the REACH requirements for every chemical component).
  • News: determination of “polyaromatic hydrocarbons“, “nonylphenol” and “4-nonylphenol ethoxylates”  by methods – GC-MS and/or LC-MS.
• Scanning electron microscopy
  
  • The laboratory performs analysis using electron microscopy, equipped with an EDS detector for microanalysis (identification) of the elemental composition of samples
• Material Failure Analysis (defect analysis)
  
  • Identification the nature of defects
  • Measuring influencing parameters
  • Forecast and preventing defect growth

EQUIPMENT

• gas chromatography with FID and MS detection and liquid chromatography using UV-VIS, fluorescence, RI and conductivity detection
• atomic absorption spectrometry, spectrometry with inductively coupled plasma, with optical detection (ICP-OES) and with mass detection (ICP-MS)
• X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
• infrared spectroscopy and infrared microscopy
• elemental analysis of carbon (TOC analyser)
• UV-VIS spectroscopy
• gravimetry, volumetric analysis
• microscopy, image analysis

OTHER RELATED SERVICES

• Services of Accredited Testing Laboratory No. 1004 and No.1004.3
• Conformity assessment by the Authorised Body 224 and Notified Body 1023 in accordance with the requirements of Government orders and European Directives.
• Granting licenses for voluntary certification marks "Safe Toys" and "ITC Certified Quality"
• Standardisation services and technical information of the Technical Standardisation Centre specialised in products for children are provided within the ITC
• Certification of Management Systems (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001)
• Technical inspection
  
• Calibration service

CONTACTS

Employee	Phone	fax	e-mail
Ing. Věra Vilímková,	+420 577 601 634	+420 577 601 389	analytitczlin.cz

Post address:
Institute for Testing and Certification, Inc.
Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry and Microbiology
trida Tomase Bati 299, Louky, 763 02 Zlin
Czech Republic

The person responsible for accuracy of data: Ing. Věra Vilímková