Continuing introduction of the key oil analysis tests offered at the lab we would like to draw your attention to this 7 minute video on Elemental Analysis of Industrial Lubricants. It covers the basic principles of elemental analysis and introduces the two types of instruments that are most commonly used. We have recently switched from using a rot-rode spectrometer to a new ICP, although the rot-rode is still used for grease and aqueous samples and as back up.
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Online Results Database
As many of you are aware we have switched over to our web portal for reporting oil analysis results. If you’ve sent some samples recently you would have been issued with login details. If you haven’t seen the portal yet then below is a tiny preview. Feel free to drop us a line if youRead More
Continue reading August 28th 2015 -
New ICP now online
Conversion of Aqueous ICP methodology to that with Internal Standard (IS). We are introducing an improvement into the aqueous ICP analysis by adding an Internal Standard to the test method. An Internal Standard is an additional element, that is not expected to be found in the substance being measured, which is introduced into the dilutionRead More
Continue reading December 13th 2023 -
FTIR Competition
To celebrate the arrival of our new FTIR spectrometer we are launching a Guess the Spectra competition on our LinkedIn page.
Continue reading April 28th 2016
