Speciality Services
Chemex prides itself on its ability to conduct non-routine analyses that do not require a standard approach.
At Chemex we understand that many people view laboratory services as commodities and we realize that we need to distinguish ourselves from other laboratories. We offer a number of services that we feel set Chemex apart from others in our field:
At Chemex we offer a wide range of analyses for Organic Compounds, these include items such as:
Herbicides
Pesticides: Organohalogen, Organonitrogen and Organophosphorus
PCB: Congeners and Aroclors
Speciated Phenols by GC/MS
Glycols
Toluene extractable material
Air analysis: tedlar bags, tenax, charcoal and XAD tubes for various organic by GC and GC/MS
And many others…
Specialty Inorganics Analyses performed at Chemex:
These include:
Ionic balance
Organic Matter in soil
Formaldehyde by Spectrophotometry, HPLC
Thiocyanate
And many others…
Other Specialty Analyses that we undertake:
WAC
Corrosivity
Flashpoint
Porosity
Reactivity
Turbidity
Leaching: DIN, NRA, TCLP and ZHE
And many others…
Additionally, Chemex is able to develop methods and obtain standards in order to conduct bespoke analysis for chemicals that do not commonly appear on laboratory price sheets. Our staff are eager to research and develop methods that are outside our day-to-day practice.
Author: Rasa Cooke
Chemex has provided this type of service to a number of different clients including food manufacturers, high street clothing departments wishing to analyse for trace amounts of uncommon pesticides. Chemex's staff had to assess the availability of standards, develop the methods, run a performance-based method development study, establish matrix quantitation limits, calibrate our instruments and demonstrate our capability to perform the analysis. The results? Chemex provided our client with high quality data - that he was not able to find anywhere else - in a timely fashion so he could proceed with making important business decisions.
In addition, we provide analysis for a wide variety of specialty organics to other laboratories, on contract.