Quality testing and chemical analysis services helping scientific, technology and manufacturing companies compete in the global market.
Contaminants or impurities at even the smallest levels can cause irreparable damage to a product, making it useless. When this happens, individuals and manufacturers need to be able to determine the source of contamination. Avomeen’s talented and capable staff is able to isolate and identify the impurity, and then work with you to determine the contamination source and find a fix the problem.
We have proven methodologies for specific substances that we use to effectively isolate and identify the material and its source. For example, one method would be to use a comparison study between a control and suspect sample. This study is dependent on the sample matrix and the suspected level of contamination. Often, we begin with a general screen of the control and suspect sample using GC/MS and LC/MS. Then, depending on the test results, we could separate the contaminant from a large amount of sample and analyze it using FT-IR and NMR spectroscopy.
Contamination testing problems Avomeen can solve:
Solution: A perfume manufacturer noticed that one batch of their perfume oil had an unknown white powdery residue in the oil. Due to the properties of the contaminant and the oil, the manufacturer was unable to filter the particles out of the product, leading to production delays. Avomeen used its proprietary extractions methodology, along with Gas Chromatography, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry, and Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectroscopy to separate and identify the residue from the oil. We were able to determine that the chemical properties of the powder was closely related to the ingredients in the perfume oil mixture. Avomeen’s contamination analysis determined that the residue was likely a byproduct of reactions/degradation of the ingredients present, not a result of a foreign contaminant.
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