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New Spectrometers Enhance Elemental Analysis and Testing Capacities at Laboratory Testing Inc.
Two new ICP Spectrometers were purchased by the Chemical Analysis Lab at Laboratory Testing Inc. to increase chemical testing capacity, improve trace elemental analysis and provide analysis of samples into the parts per million range.
HATFIELD, PA, June 18, 2009 /Aerospace - Aviation PR News/ -- Trace elemental analysis capabilities have been enhanced at Laboratory Testing Inc. (LTI) with the addition of a high resolution Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) Quadrapole Mass Spectrometer. The Mass Spectrometer allows for routine chemical testing for trace elements in super alloys and provides ultra-trace elemental analysis for high purity alloys like those used in the Semi-Conductor Industry. The new instrument increases the capacity for chemical elemental analysis of samples into the parts per trillion range.
LTI's Chemical Analysis Lab also recently purchased a new Spectro Arcos ICP Spectrometer for additional capacity. This new ICP Spectrometer provides greater throughput for ICP samples, and can analyze most elements in the periodic table. This spectrometer also has a larger optic than the lab's other equipment, allowing for greater resolution of background from wavelengths and providing a greater number of analytical wavelengths for more sensitive analysis.
The Lab's ICP Spectrometers all use CCD (Charge Coupled Device) technology, which allows the instrument to measure the whole spectrum necessary for the analysis of all the common metal bases. According to LTI's Chemistry Supervisor, Lee Dilks, "this gives us the ability to quantify any element that produces light over the range of the detectors and to pick wavelengths for analysis that are free of background interferences".
About Laboratory Testing Inc.
Laboratory Testing Inc. (LTI) of Hatfield, PA has been in business since 1984. The company specializes in materials testing, nondestructive testing, specimen machining, failure analysis and calibration services. The laboratory is accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 by PRI/Nadcap and A2LA, which complies with ISO 9001 and ISO 13485. Mechanical, chemical, metallurgical and nondestructive testing services are performed on metals, alloys and other materials. Chemical analysis is also offered for a variety of other materials including powdered metals, ores, ferroalloys, composites, ceramics, aerospace materials and nuclear materials. Test specimens are machined on-site and material investigations are conducted to determine the root cause of material failures. The calibration lab, LTI Metrology, provides dimensional, pressure, force, torque, mass and vacuum calibration services traceable to NIST. Field calibration service is offered for surface plates, hardness testers, optical comparators, balances, hand tools and testing machines. LTI provides new instruments and replacement parts as a representative for manufacturers such as Mitutoyo, Starrett, Boston Centerless, Glastonbury Southern Gage and Vermont Gage. Information on Laboratory Testing services and accreditations is available at www.labtesting.com, sales@labtesting.com or 800-784-2882.
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Sharon Bentzley
Laboratory Testing Inc.
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