Wear materials
We offer standard materials testing packages for our wear materials clients, for Alumina, Zirconia-Toughened Alumina (ZTA), silicon carbide, chromium overlay products and next generation wear materials. We carry out regular testing for both QC/QA and R&D, and also offer failure analysis and consultancy services.
Standard testing include:
• Hardness
• Fracture toughness
• Microstructure
• Grain size determination
• Volume Fraction of primary carbides
• Chemical analysis
• Density and porosity
• Dry Sand Rubber Wheel abrasion testing (DSRW)
Please contact us for any additional testing requirements.
Ceramics and Refractories
We offer a range of testing and analysis to cover all range of ceramics and refractory materials. Our testing encompasses basic materials characterisation, materials properties determination and failure analysis. Testing includes microstructural, physical and chemical properties:
• Hardness and Fracture toughness• Microstructure
• Grain analysis
• Chemical analysis
• Density and porosity
• Thermogravimetric analysis
• XRD phase analysis
Nano Materials
We offer a range of characterisation techniques for nano-materials for a range of applications:
• SEM and TEM microstructural analysis• Particle size analysis
• Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)
• Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
• Chemical analysis
Coatings
We can examine coatings from micro to nano scale, in surface and polished cross sections. Typical analysis includes:
• SEM and TEM microstructural analysis• Interface analysis
• EDS chemical analysis
• X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS)
• Micro-indentation hardness
Powders
We examine a range of powders across different industries and typical tests include:
• SEM and TEM microstructural analysis• Particle size analysis
• Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)
• Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
• Chemical analysis
• Density
• EDS chemical analysis
• X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS)
• X-Ray Powder Diffraction (XRD) and phase analysis
Minerals and ores
Our typical tests include:
• Electron microscopy• Elemental mapping and phase maps
• Chemical analysis
• X-Ray Powder Diffraction (XRD) and phase analysis