Are you looking to outsource (part of) your elemental analysis of a selection of samples and materials? Malvern Panalytical offers this service.
Our facility in Nottingham, UK, is a center of excellence for X-ray fluorescence analysis and calibration standards development and production. The laboratory offers analytical services under ISO/IEC 17025:2005, accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) for several standardized methods and offers additional customized methods under the same infrastructure and protocols.
Our offering includes:
- Trace element analysis on pressed powder samples
- Typical sample type: solid geological and allied materials
- Method: WDXRF Pro-Trace, ISO 17025 accredited
- Elements covered: Sc, V, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, As, Se, Br, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Nd, Sm, Yb, Hf, Ta, W, Tl, Pb, Bi, Th and U
- Lower quantification limits available: 1, 3 or 5 ppm
- Typical sample type: solid geological and allied materials
- Method: ED(P)XRF, ISO 17025 accredited
- Elements covered: Ag, Cd, Sn, Sb, Te, I, Cs, Ba, La and Ce
- Lower quantification limits available: <1 or 2.5 ppm
- Analysis of major oxides using fusion
- Typical sample type: solid geological and allied materials
- Compounds covered: SiO2, TiO2, A12O3, Fe2O3, Mn3O4, MgO, CaO, Na2O, K2O, P2O5, SO3, F, Cl, V2O5, Cr2O3 NiO, CuO, ZnO, SrO, BaO, ZrO2, HfO2 and PbO
- Method: WROXI, ISO 17025 accredited
- LOI determination at 1050 °C or 1000 °C for sulfate-bearing materials ISO17025 accredited
- Screening analysis
- Typical sample type: loose powders, pressed powder pellets, fused glass beads, liquids or solids
- Method: standardless analysis using Omnian, not ISO accredited
- Elements covered: screening analysis of up to 75 elements
- Small Spot Mapping
- Typical sample type: solid, various
- Method: small spot mapping (500 μm), not ISO accredited
- Elemental distribution mapping and spot quantification for up to 75 elements
For more information, contact our Analytical Services department at expertise@malvernpanalytical.com