Caparo Testing Technologies are experts in chemical analysis testing.
We can undertake spectrographic and ‘wet’ analysis of a wide range of alloy types through our UK bases laboratories. Each site has the facility to offer spectrographic analysis of steels, aluminium alloys, copper alloys and certain nickel alloys to its local clients.
A comprehensive ‘wet’ analysis facility is available at our Willenhall laboratory covering metallic alloys in the form of turnings, drillings, etc., and a very comprehensive range of techniques applicable to process solutions are also used (plating, passivation, acid values, etch solutions, anodising, cleaning etc.). Methods can be adapted to match a specific customer requirement.
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Optical Emission Spectrometry (OES)
(UKAS - Laboratory based testing)
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Most low alloy steels
Most Stainless Steels including Duplex (F51), Superduplex (F55), High Mo (F44) and precipitation hardened material (high Cu)
Free Cutting Steels (High Sulphur content)
Cast Irons and Tool Steels
Most Monel and Inconel (Ni) alloys
Most Aluminium alloys
Most Copper alloys including Brass, High Tensile Brass, Leaded Brass, Gun Metal, Cupronickel, Aluminium Bronze, Nickel Aluminium Bronze, Silicone Aluminium Bronze and Phosperous deoxidised Copper.
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Optical Emission Spectrometry (OES)
(UKAS - Portable Instrument)
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Most low alloy Steels
Most Stainless Steels including Duplex (F51), Superduplex (F55), High Mo (F44) and precipitation hardened material (high Cu) |
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Optical Emission Spectrometry (OES)
(Non UKAS - Portable Instrument)
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Most Monel and Inconel (Ni) alloys
Most Copper alloys including Brass, High Tensile Brass, Leaded Brass, Gun Metal, Cupronickel, Aluminium Bronze, Nickel Aluminium Bronze, Silicone Aluminium Bronze and Phosperous deoxidised Copper.
Carbon and Sulphur analysis by combustion (UKAS)
Coating weight determination (UKAS)
% Water content in Penetrant Solutions (UKAS)
Chloride content in ppm (Non UKAS)
pH (Non UKAS)
Conductivity of Solutions (Non UKAS)
Preece test (Non UKAS)
Cr (VI) test (Non UKAS)
Phosphorus % in Steels by colorimic method (Non UKAS)
Silicon % in Steels by gravimetric method (Non UKAS)
Chromium % in Stainless Steels by titrimetric method (Non UKAS)
Manganese % in Steels by titrimetric method (Non UKAS)
Iron % in Ores by titrimetric method (Non UKAS)
Non-metallic – Water, fuels and lubricants
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X/Ray Fluorescence (XRF)
(Non UKAS - Portable Instrument)
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Titanium, Copper and Nickel based Alloys
Most Stainless Steels
Most Aluminium Alloys |