Guide for Clients (PDF)

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 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)
• 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
• Analyses of food, drinking water, wine
  
  • sensory, microbiological and mycological analyses
  • chemical, biochemical and toxicological testing of food, feed, water
  • taking and transportation of samples
• 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).
• Analyses of biological materials
  
  • Determination of alcohol content in blood, determination of the presence of drugs and addictive substances
• 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
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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
• Expert opinions

CONTACTS

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

Post address:
Institute for Testing and Certification, Inc.
Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry and Microbiology
tr. T. Bati 299
764 21 Zlin,
Czech Republic

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