Quality testing and chemical analysis services helping scientific, technology and manufacturing companies compete in the global market.
Avomeen’s expert scientific staff includes Ph.D. chemists with decades of deformulation experience with inks, dyes, stains, and polishes. This expertise can be highly valuable when companies need to:
Avomeen formulation chemists used advanced testing methods such as FT-IR, HPLC, LC/MS, GC/MS, ICP-MS, and AA to identify and quantitate organic and inorganic compounds in ink samples and then utilize their reformulation expertise to develop trial batches for new products, including specialty inks and dyes for medical or industrial applications.
Industry: Consumer Products
Problem: Japanese competitor sold a better product
Solution: A ball-point pen manufacturer wanted to know why the ink from a competing Japanese ball-point manufacturer dried faster and had a brighter color. The problem called for a detailed deformulation of the competing product, which involved separation of the various components using a series of solvent extractions and preparative chromatographic techniques. The ingredients were identified using NMR, GC/MS and FT-IR spectroscopy. While most of the ingredients in the competing ink were chemically similar to those in our client’s product, the competing product contained a metallic compound as identified by ICP-MS. The metallic compound served as a catalyst in the curing process, which caused the ink to dry faster. We also identified the additive responsible for the brightness.
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