Chemicals, Materials & Industrial Fluids

Checking and validating material composition and its conformance to standard is very important. Here are a few chemicals, materials and other industrial fluids which can be tested at Polytest.
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Acetone

Acetone is commonly used solvent in manufacturing industrial plastics, household products, cosmetics and personal care products such as nail polish removers.
Raw materials testing ensures that the raw materials used in pharmaceutical products are suitable for their intended use.

Test Parameters
  • Alcoholic impurities
  • Alkalinity
  • Benzene
  • Colour
  • Description
  • Distillation range
  • Methanol content
  • Miscibility with water
  • Permanganate test
  • Purity
  • Relative density
  • Residue on evaporation
  • Total acidity
  • Water content
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Activated carbon

Activated carbon is used in a broad range of applications for both industrial and residential uses that include drinking water purification, ground and municipal water treatment, power plant and landfill gas emissions, and precious metal recovery. Air purification solutions include VOC removal and odor control.
To maintain specified performance, activated carbon must be evaluated for performance, as each carbon is different and must be replaced when exhausted. Performance should be validated before installation and periodically to ensure that it is functioning as expected.

Powdered and granular activated carbon
Test Parameters
  • Acid soluble matter
  • Adsorption capacity
  • Ash content
  • Chlorides
  • Cyanogen compounds
  • Decolourizing power
  • Description
  • Hardness number
  • Iron
  • Matter soluble in water
  • Moisture content
  • Particle size distribution
  • pH
  • Sulphates

Alum

Alum has numerous uses in our daily life:
It is used in the pickling and baking process, tanning process of leather coagulation and flocculation process of Water treatment, as an acidulating agent in cooking, drying agent in a textile industry and simply as an antiseptic agent.

Test Parameters
  • Anionic detergents
  • Arsenic
  • Cadmium
  • Chromium
  • Free acidity
  • Free basicity
  • Insoluble matter
  • Lead
  • Manganese
  • Mercury
  • Organic impurities
  • pH
  • Phenolic compounds
  • Selenium
  • Soluble iron compounds
  • Water soluble aluminium
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Ammonia

Ammonia is used to make fertilizers and a wide range of industrial applications, such as plastics, explosives and synthetic fibers. It is also used in cleaning products in the form of ammonia hydroxide.
Raw materials testing ensures that the raw materials used in pharmaceutical products are suitable for their intended use.

Test Parameters
  • Ammonia
  • Arsenic
  • Calcium
  • Carbonates
  • Chlorides
  • Copper
  • Heavy metals
  • Iron
  • Magnesium
  • Phosphate
  • Pyridine and homologous
  • Reducing substances
  • Residue on evaporation
  • Silicate
  • Sulphates

Caustic soda

Caustic soda is an important raw material in the manufacturing of various chemicals and used as an intermediate, reactant, pH regulator, in acidic waste treatment, etc., in chemical industries.

Test Parameters
  • Chlorates & per-chlorates
  • Chlorides
  • Copper
  • Iron
  • Manganese
  • Matter insoluble in water
  • Mercury
  • Silicate
  • Sodium carbonate
  • Sodium hydroxide
  • Sulphates
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Contaminant particles on machine parts

Millipore testing is method of verifying part cleanliness. It measures the amount of solid and non-soluble contaminant particles on machine parts. The test results are expressed by the number and size of particles collected or by gravimetric analysis following extraction.
The test provides the insight on cleanliness level of the parts before their assembly or packing.

Test Parameters
  • Millipore testing, based on particle size analysis
  • Millipore testing, based on wt. analysis

GRP pipe

Here are some tests to establish potability of water coming in contact with GRP pipes.

Test Parameters
  • Alkalinity
  • Biological test
  • Cadmium
  • Chromium
  • Cobalt
  • Copper
  • Global migration
  • Lead
  • Manganese
  • Odour
  • pH
  • Total acidity
  • Turbidity
  • UV absorbing material
  • Zinc
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Hydrochloric acid

Hydrochloric acid is most widely used acid and has many uses such as production of chlorides, fertilizers, and dyes, in electroplating, and in the photographic, textile, and rubber industries.

Test Parameters
  • Ammonium compounds
  • Arsenic
  • Free chlorine & bromine
  • Iron
  • Mercury
  • Residue on ignition
  • Sulphates
  • Sulphite
  • Total acidity

Iso-propyl alcohol

Isopropyl alcohol (IPA) is used in the products such as antiseptics, cleaning agent, surface disinfectants, household solvent, electronic components, astringent, glass cleaners, jewelry cleaner, stain removers, and hand sanitizers.
Raw materials testing ensures that the raw materials used in pharmaceutical products are suitable for their intended use.

Test Parameters
  • Acidity
  • Aldehyde and ketones
  • Colour
  • Distillation range
  • Heavy metals
  • Moisture content
  • Non-volatile matter
  • Purity
  • Relative density
  • Substances reducing permanganate
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Liquid Hand Wash

Liquid hand soaps are technically detergents, which means they have same cleansing properties of soap but do not react with the minerals in hard water. They are less likely to leave a film / soap scum behind.

Test Parameters
  • Active ingredient
  • Matter insoluble in water
  • pH

Metalworking fluids

Metalworking fluids reduce heat and friction and remove metal particles generated while machining and grinding operations. It also protects from corrosion of machine and components.
There are many formulations, ranging from straight / petroleum oils to water-based soluble oils and semisynthetic or synthetic fluids.

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Test Parameters
  • API gravity
  • Appearance
  • Bacteria, fungi & mould
  • Colour
  • Copper strip corrosion
  • Density
  • Evaporation losses
  • Flash point
  • Foaming characteristics
  • Hardness
  • Neutralization number
  • Oil based fluids
  • pH
  • Saponification number
  • Solid impurities
  • Specific gravity
  • Total acid number
  • Viscosity
  • Water content
  • Water soluble fluids
Oil based fluids
Test Parameters
  • API gravity
  • Copper strip corrosion
  • Specific gravity
  • Total acid number
  • Viscosity
Water
Test Parameters
  • Ammonia
  • Chlorides
  • Colour retention of KMnO4
  • Conductivity
  • Copper strip corrosion
  • Faecal coliform
  • Floating oil & grease
  • Fungi
  • Hardness
  • Nitrites
  • Non-volatile residue
  • pH
  • Phosphorus
  • Reactive silica
  • Reserve alkalinity
  • Sodium
  • Standard plate count
  • Sulphates
  • Total bacterial count
  • Total dissolved solids
  • Total kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN)
  • Total solids
  • Total suspended solids
  • Turbidity
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Nitric acid

Nitric acid is used for the production of ammonium nitrate which is a major component of fertilizers. It is also used in purification of gold.

Test Parameters
  • Ammonium salts
  • Arsenic
  • Chlorides
  • Heavy metals
  • Iron
  • Manganese
  • Nitrous acid
  • Residue on ignition
  • Sulphates
  • Total acidity

Scales

Limescale (or Calcium Scale) is a hard chalky substance found on equipment surfaces where heating elements (such as boilers) or heat transfer elements (such as heat exchangers) are involved.
Scale is caused by an oversaturation of most common calcium carbonate (CaCO3) as present in water.

Test Parameters
  • Calcium
  • Chlorides
  • Copper
  • Iron
  • Magnesium
  • Sulphates
  • Zinc
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Sodium hypochlorite

Sodium hypochlorite, also known as bleach, is commonly used as disinfectant. It is a broad-spectrum disinfectant effective for viruses, bacteria, fungi, and mycobacterium. Sodium hypochlorite is not so effective in the disinfection of bacterial spores.

Test Parameters
  • Appearance
  • Available chlorine
  • Free alkali
  • Free sodium carbonate
  • Iron
  • Relative density
  • Solubility with water
  • Total chlorine

Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulphate (SLES)

SLES uses hand-washing, laundry detergents, carpet cleaners and general cleansers. In hair products it usd as hair gels, hair setting sprays, and conditioners. In dental care products, SLES is used to produce mouthwash, toothpaste, and tooth whitening products.
Raw materials testing ensures that the raw materials used in pharmaceutical products are suitable for their intended use.

Test Parameters
  • Active detergent
  • Arsenic
  • Formaldehyde
  • Heavy metals
  • Iron
  • Non-detergent organic matter
  • pH
  • Sodium chloride
  • Sodium sulphate
  • Sum of sodium chloride and sodium sulphate
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Sodium Lauryl Sulphate

Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) is a widely used surfactant in cleaning products, cosmetics, shampoos, and personal care products. The SLS is a highly effective anionic surfactant used to remove oily stains and residues.
It is inexpensive and almost completely biodegradable.
Raw materials testing ensures that the raw materials used in pharmaceutical products are suitable for their intended use.

Test Parameters
  • Alkalinity
  • pH
  • Sodium chloride
  • Sodium lauryl sulphate
  • Sodium sulphate
  • Unsulphated fatty alcohols

Sulphamic acid

Sulphamic Acid is an odorless, white, crystalline (sand-like) solid. It is used in cleaning metal and ceramics, dye manufacturing, for stabilizing Chlorine in swimming pools, in electroplating, and as a bleaching agent.

Test Parameters
  • Free moisture
  • Iron
  • Lead
  • Matter insoluble in water
  • Sulphamic acid
  • Sulphates
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Sulphuric acid

Sulfuric acid is used in many industries. It is used to produce other chemicals, explosives and glue; to refine petroleum; to cure metal; and in lead-based car batteries.

Test Parameters
  • Ammonia
  • Arsenic
  • Chlorides
  • Copper
  • Iron
  • Lead
  • Manganese
  • Nitrates
  • Nitrates, nitrites & ammonia
  • Organic matter
  • Oxidizable impurities
  • Residue on ignition
  • Selenium
  • Total acidity
  • Zinc

Surface sanitation

Proper hand hygiene routines and cleaning / disinfecting surfaces are important to slow down spread of viruses and kill bacteria.
Contaminants can stay on surfaces and continue to be a threat for long periods if not removed properly.
For surface sanitation, whether it is in food safety sanitation, pool sanitation, countertops or food processing industry, there are many sanitation solutions.
Raw materials testing ensures that the raw materials used in pharmaceutical products are suitable for their intended use.

Liquid Glass Cleaner
Test Parameters
  • Colour
  • Flash point
  • Non-volatile matter
  • Odour
  • pH
  • Water content
Liquid Toilet Cleaner
Test Parameters
  • Appearance
  • Colour
  • Hydrochloric acid content
Surface cleaners - Quaternary ammonium compound based
Test Parameters
  • Colour
  • Non-volatile matter
  • Odour
  • pH
  • Quaternary ammonium compounds
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