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Our laboratory analyzes a variety of samples for inorganic specifications including Oils, Fuels, Lubricants, Sludges, Soils, Paint and Ink Analysis, Plating Solutions, and other chemical analysis.

Our chemists have the knowledge and experience to assist you in understanding your requirements and interpreting your results with our "Can Do" attitude.

They are always available to directly answer your questions.

Partial List Of Tests:


Parameter	Description
Ash BTU/pound Bromine Chloroform extract Chromic Oxide Fluorine Halogens,Total Heavy Metals as Pb Lime Neut. Index (AOAC) Loss on Ignition (LOI) Mercury Metals, FAAS Metals, GFAAS Metals, ICP Moisture (see also water) Nitrogen Paranitrophenol (PNP) Proximate analysis Sand Analysis Sieve Analysis Solids, Total Solids, Volatile Sulfide Sulfur, total Surface Tension TRPH Total Halogens as Cl Viscosity Volatile matter Water Water pH	Coal, Coke, etc. Bomb method Bomb/ISE Leather(ALCA) Leather(ALCA) Bomb/ISE Bomb method USP/FCC Cold Vapor AAS Kjeldahl Leather - (ALCA) Coal, coke, etc. Moist, Vol, Ash, Sulfur Si, Al, Fe, Ca, Mg, Na, K, LOI, pH Oven method SW 846 (solid samples, total) Bomb method DuNouy method IR method Bomb method Brookfield Coal, Coke, etc. Karl - Fisher Distillation Solid samples
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Parameter	Reference
Acidity Active Sulfur Anline Point Antifreeze Ash BTU (Heat of Combustion) Bottom Sediment & Water Burner Fuel Oil Specifications Carbon Residue, Conradson Cetane Index, (only) Cetane Index (w/Sulfur by D4294) Cetane Index (w/distillation) Chlorine (only) Chlorine (w/ other bomb analysis) Cloud Point Cloud/Pour Point Color (ASTM Scale) Color (Saybolt Scale) Color (Saybolt Scale), (if only test) Compatibility Conductivity Copper Strip Corrosion DNR (Wis) Used Fuel Oil Analysis Dielectric Breakdown Diesel Fuel Oil Specifications Distillation (gasoline) Distillation (oil) EPA Waste Oil Fuel Specs. Fats in Oil Flash Point (Cleveland Open Cup) Flash Point (Pensky-Martins closed tester) Flash Point (Setaflash closed tester) Flash Point (Tag closed tester) Freezing Point Metals (a single element) Metals (each additional element) Neutralization Number Nitrogen Particulate Matter PCB's Peroxide Number Phosphorus Pour Point Refractive Index Saponification Number Sediment by Extraction Specific Gravity (API) Standard Plate Count Sugar Sulfated Ash Sulfur (only) Sulfur (only) Sulfur (w/ Cetane Index) Sulfur (w/ other bomb analysis) Sulfur, Active Total Acid Number Total Acid Number Total Base Number Total Base Number Total Solids Vapor Pressure (Reid) Viscosity Water (Karl-Fisher) Water (distillation)	ASTM D1093 ASTM D1662 ASTM D2982 ASTM D2982 ASTM D482 ASTM D240 ASTM D1796 ASTM D396 ASTM D189 ASTM D976 ASTM D976 ASTM D976 ASTM D808 ASTM D808 ASTM D2500 ASTM D97, D2500 ASTM D1500 ASTM D156 ASTM D157 ASTM D2781 ASTM D130 SW846 ASTM D877 ASTM D975 ASTM D86 ASTM D86 SW846 AOCS ASTM D92 ASTM D93 ASTM D3828 ASTM D56 ASTM D2386 ASTM D3605, D4628 ASTM D3605, D4628 ASTM D974 ASTM D3228 ASTM D2276 EPA 8082 ASTM D1832 ASTM D4047 ASTM D97 ASTM D1218 ASTM D94 ASTM D473 ASTM D287, D1298 AOAC ASTM D874 ASTM D4294 ASTM D129 ASTM D4294 ASTM D129 ASTM D1662 ASTM D974 ASTM D664 ASTM D974 ASTM D2896 SW846 ASTM D323 ASTM D445 ASTM D1744 ASTM D95
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Parameter	Description
Acid Value Density/Specific Gravity Nonsustainable Combustibility Pigment Content Polymer Identification VOC's - no water in formula VOC's - water & exempt solvent VOC's - water in formula Volatile content Volume nonvolatile matter Water	D1639-90 D1475-90 DOT D3723-84 D3168-85 EPA method 24 EPA method 24 EPA method 24 D2369-93 D2697-86 D4017-90
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Parameter	Description
Chloride¹₁ Chromium Plating Solution¹₁ Copper Cyanide Plating Solution¹₁ Copper Sulfate Plating Solution¹₁ Metals (other than Fe)¹₁ Nickel Plating Solution¹₁ Oil¹₁ Specific Gravity¹₁ Tin Plating Solution¹₁ Volatile Acids¹₁ Zinc Cyanide Plating Solution¹₁	ISE method¹₁ CrO₃, Cr⁺³, SO₄, Fe, Cl Cu, NaCN, KOH, Na₂CO₃¹₁ CuSO₄, H₂SO₄, Cl, Fe¹₁ AAS known additions¹₁ Ni, NiCl₂, NiSO₄, Boric Acid¹₁ Freon Extraction¹₁ ¹₁ Sn, H₂SO₄ ¹₁ Zn, NaCN, NaOH¹₁
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S-F Analytical Laboratories knows that we must earn your business every day, and we appreciate the opportunity to serve your environmental, food, or investigative testing needs to give you timely results with integrity.