Our Services

Analytics, Parameters & Methods

△ Category: Air analysis

In addition to liquid and solid sample components, we also carry out sampling of gaseous environments and air analysis in general. For analysis requests or questions regarding special specifications, you can contact us using the contact form below.

 

△ Category: Ceramics

We examine and control ceramic materials and ceramic products according to standardized procedures (§ ceramics ordinance) and also for more specific requirements. For analysis requests or questions regarding special specifications, you can contact us using the contact form below.

△ Category: Food and feed, Phytochemistry

Agricultural products, as well as food and dietary supplements for humans and animals require testing for approval and control. For analysis requests or questions regarding special specifications, you can contact us using the contact form below.

△ Category: Heavy metals

Heavy metal pollution can pose a high health risk and environmental hazard, which is why we are able to identify metals in a wide variety of sample compositions. For analysis requests or questions regarding special specifications, you can contact us using the contact form below.

 

△ Category: Identification and method development

If you have samples with unknown ingredients or contamination, we can offer you our competence after years in identification and quantification area. For analysis requests or questions regarding special specifications, you can contact us using the contact form below. We will take the necessary time to respond to your needs.

 

△ Category: Organic Pollutants

We examine and check samples for organic pollutants such as pesticides according to standardized procedures and also for more specific requirements. For analysis requests or questions regarding special specifications, you can contact us using the contact form below. We will take the time to respond to your needs.

 

△ Category: Petroleum, Crude Oil and Refined Products

We examine crude oil and refined products according to standardized procedures, from identification and age determination to analysis of the ingredients. For analysis requests or questions regarding special specifications, you can contact us using the contact form below.

 

△ Category: Pharmaceutical Products and Intermediates

The analysis of pharmaceutical products, intermediates and educts according to the applicable GMP / GLP is one of our main competencies. Our skills in the area of ​​SOP / Ph. Eur / USP / JP-compliant analysis in compliance with valid ALCOA, ALCOA+ ensure that we are allowed to support pharmaceutical customers throughout Europe for decades. For analysis requests or questions regarding special specifications, you can contact us using the contact form below.

 

△ Category: Phytochemistry

Phytochemical investigations include a wide variety of sample matrices to be treated, types of preparation and methods of analytical identification. Here we deal with the analysis of whole plant samples, plant products, as well as chemicals of natural origin.

Classic preparations are, for example, liquid-solid extractions, cryogenic grinding or selective enzymatic and chemical peptide cleavage. As in many other laboratories, liquid chromatography coupled mass spectrometry is the top analysis method, closely followed by UV-VIS spectrometry.

Phytochemical issues are mostly the results of environmental regulations and product-specific controls, directly affecting the customer. We therefore give you the opportunity to contact us personally in order to discuss the details and background of such mostly non-trivial investigations.

△ Category: Plastics

From simple PE plastic bottles to high-voltage cable sheathing to high-performance polymers, we analyze plastics with regard to their additives or pollutants. For analysis requests or questions regarding special specifications, you can contact us using the contact form below.

 

△ Category: Product and Process Controls

We check your products, master batches, and raw materials for contamination and whether they meet your requirements or regulatory restrictions. For analysis requests or questions regarding special specifications, you can contact us using the contact form below.

 

△ Category: Soil analysis

From sampling, such as ram core probing, to examination, we carry out soil analysis according to standardized procedures. For analysis requests or questions regarding special specifications, you can contact us using the contact form below.

 

△ Category: Surfactants, Detergents, Soaps, and Cosmetics

Cleaning agents of all kinds often pose great challenges for chemical analysis, mainly due to the difficult sample preparation. Nevertheless, cosmetic products in particular are subject to high requirements and therefore are examined by us. For analysis requests or questions regarding special specifications, you can contact us using the contact form below.

△ Category: Textiles and Fibers

Synthetic as well as natural fibers may contain foreign substances that require further investigation into product quality. For analysis requests or questions regarding special specifications, you can contact us using the contact form below.

 

△ Category: Toxicology

"The dose makes the poison" is the most well-known motto in toxicology. This encompasses this analytical field far more than quantitative determinations. environmentally harmful substances for product, emission and emission control are indispensable for statements in the area of ​​toxicological effectiveness. Often we combine our chemical-analytical competence with the skills of biological-analytical laboratories in order to create reports that are as target-oriented as possible.

△ Category: Varnishes, dyes

Our range of investigations also includes the most diverse types of dyes and dye additives as well as coating materials such as lacquers. For analysis requests or questions regarding special specifications, you can contact us using the contact form below.

 

△ Category: Waste analysis

We examine and control waste according to standardized procedures and also for more specific requirements. For analysis requests or questions regarding special specifications, you can contact us using the contact form below.

 

△ Category: Water

The examination of drinking, ground, cooling, waste and process water is part of our standard repertoire. We not only carry out common analyses, but are also willing to design our analytics according to more specific requirements. Investigations such as damage checks, monitoring, maintenance checks, confirmation of compliance with limit values ​​are just a few examples of our analytical competence. For analysis requests or questions regarding special specifications, you can contact us using the contact form below.

△ Insight into our instrumental capabilities

  • GC (gas chromatography)
  • GCMS (Gas Chromatography – Mass Spectrometry Coupling)
  • HSGCMS (Headspace Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry Coupling)
  • LC (Liquid Chromatography-HPLC)
  • LCMS (Liquid Chromatography – Mass Spectrometry Coupling)
  • FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry)
  • ATRFTIR (Attenuated Toetal Reflections Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry)
  • Photometry (dual beam and filter spectrophotometry)
  • AAS (Atomic Absorption Spectrometry)
  • F-AAS (Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry)
  • GF-AAS (Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry)
  • AAS – hydride technology / cold vapor technology
  • Automatic titrator
  • Microplate

and much more

 

 

 

6

6PPD / 6PPD quinone / 6PPD-q

Analysis of N-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-N′-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine (6PPD) using HPLC-Q-MS

A

Acid number

Active chlorine / hypochlorite

Determination of active chlorine as (sodium) hypochlorite

Alcohols

Aldehydes

Alkalinity

(m- / p-) alkalinity or acid capacity

Ammonia

Ammonium

Anhydrides

Anionic surfactants

as MBAS via SDS

Aromatic substances

  • Monocyclic aromatics: BTX, BTEX
  • Polycyclic Aromatics: PAHs
  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers PBDE
  • Polybrominated Biphenyls PBB
  • Polychlorinated Biphenyls PCB
  • Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins PCDD
  • Polychlorinated dibenzofurans PCDF
  • NMP (N-Methylpyrrolidone)
  • Pentachlorophenols PCP
  • Phthalic anhydride

B

Basicity

see m p value determination

Benzyl alcohol

Boron

BTX (benzene, toluene, xylene)

  • Determination in aqueous samples
  • Determination from soil and air

 

C

Caffeine

  • Isolation from different matrices (tea, granules, medicines, flora, etc.) possible
  • Quantification using HPLC-ESI-MS

Castor Oil

Determination of castor oil in proteinaceous and aqueous matrices

 

Cationic surfactants

  • Betaine

Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD)

Chlorophyll

Conductivity

Determination in the laboratory and in the field

 

Creation of eluates

Cyanide

  • Determination of easily releasable cyanide
  • Determination of total cyanide content

D

Density determination

Determination of fines

Determination of the degree of staining

Determination of viscosity

Dichlobenil

Dimethylformamide (DMF)

Dimethylfuran

Disinfectant

dry matter, moisture content

E

Erucic acid amide

Ethanediol / Ethylene glycol

  • Determination in aqueous samples
  • Determination in protein-containing buffer
  • Determination in polysorbate
  • Further analysis: polyethylene glycol

Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA)

Determination of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid / ethylenediaminetetraacetate in aqueous and proteinaceous solutions

 

Evaporation residue

F

Fatty acids

Determination by pre-esterification and GCMS

Flavoring substances

  • Terpene

Fluorinated / chlorinated hydrocarbons CFCs

  • Determination in aqueous samples
  • Determination from soil and air

 

G

GABA (γ-aminobutyric acid)

Glycols

Glyphosate

Guazatine

H

Halogens (Fluorine, Chlorine, Iodide, Bromine)

  • Absorbable organic halides AOX
  • Extractable organic halides EOX
  • Purgeable Organic Halides POX
  • Free halogens and total content
  • iodine number
  • Monochloramine
  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers PBDE
  • Polybrominated Biphenyls PBB
  • Polychlorinated Biphenyls PCB
  • Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins PCDD
  • Polychlorinated dibenzofurans PCDF
  • Pentachlorophenols PCP
  • Polyfluorinated carboxylic acids and derivatives PFC, PFOS, PFOA
    sevoflurane

    etc.

Hydrocarbon index (GC method)

and total KW on request

 

Hydrogen peroxide

K

Ketones

L

Lipophilic substances

M

Metals

  • lithium
  • sodium
  • potassium
  • beryllium
  • magnesium
  • calcium
  • strontium
  • barium
  • yttrium
  • titanium
  • zirconium
  • vanadium
  • niobium
  • chrome
  • molybdenum
  • tungsten
  • manganese
  • iron
  • cobalt
  • rhodium
  • iridium
  • nickel
  • palladium
  • platinum
  • copper
  • Silver
  • gold
  • zinc
  • cadmium
  • mercury
  • aluminum
  • thallium
  • silicon
  • tin
  • Lead
  • arsenic
  • antimony
  • bismuth / bismuth
  • selenium

Methyl Blue Active Substances (MBAS)

Microscopy

N

Nitrate

Nitrite

Nonylphenols

O

Oil content

  • Determination in aqueous samples
  • Determination in solid samples
  • Determination in activated carbon
  • Determination in gaseous media

 

Organotin compounds

Oxidation stability

P

Paraffins

Particle analysis

Investigation of particles using isolation, VIS microscopy and local chemical analysis

Speciation analysis with other laboratories possible on request

permanganate index

based on potassium permanganate

 

Peroxide number

PFC / PFAS / PFOS

  • Perfluorobutanoic acid PFBA
  • Perfluoropentanoic acid PFPeA
  • Perfluorohexanoic acid PFHxA
  • Perfluorobutanesulfonic acid PFBS
  • Perfluoroheptanoic acid PFHpA
  • Perfluorooctanoic acid PFOA
  • Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid PFHxS
  • Perfluorononanoic acid PFNA
  • Perfluorodecanoic acid PFDA
  • Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid PFOS
  • Perfluoroundecanoic acid PFunA
  • Perfluorododecanoic acid PFdoA
  • Perfluorotridecanoic acid PFTriA
  • Perfluorotetradecanoic acid PFTetraA

pH-value

Determination of the pH value in the laboratory and in the field

 

Phenoles

  • Phenol-Index

Phosphate

  • Ortho phosphate
  • Total phosphate (with microwave digestion)

 

Phthalates

Determination of plasticizer additives in liquids and in solids

 

Plasticizer

Polymers

see plastics

Polysorbate

Determination of polysorbate / TWEEN

 

Preservatives

Proanthocyanidins

  • Stereochemical subgroup identification
  • Determination using HPLC, HPLC-MS and Photospectroscopy

Propanediol

Determination in proteinaceous and aqueous matrix

 

Proteins

Analysis of peptides and proteins in a wide variety of matrices

 

R

Refractive index determination

Resins

Resveratrol

  • Determination by HPLC-MS for racemates and cis enantiomers after selective reaction

S

Sedimenting Substances

Silicate, silicic acid, siloxanes, silicone oil

Quantification of the silicate content using filter photometer.

Identification and qualification of silicate derivatives using GCMS.

 

Sodiumdodecylsulfate (SDS)

-) Sodiumdodecylsulfate

Determination of SDS in protein-containing and aqueous samples (GLP compliant)

 

Spermidine

Determination of spermidine in plant solids, medicinal products and liquids

Starch

Determination in plant raw materials, liquids and medical products

 

Styrene

Sulfate

Sulfide

Sulfite

Sulfur

Surfactants

  • non ionic
  • anionic
  • cationic

T

Tannins

based on Polyhydroxyphenol determination

Tefluthrin, beta-Cyfluthrin

Terpenes and derivatives

  • Eucalyptol (1,8-cineole)
  • Levomenol (alpha bisabolol)
  • Caryophyllene (sesquiterpenes)
  • Limonene (as racemate and enantiomer)
  • Linalool (3,7-dimethylocta-1,6-dien-3-ol)
  • Myrcene (7-methyl-3-methylene-1,6-octadiene)
  • Terpinols (1-methyl-4-propan-2-ylidenecyclohexene)
    a.o.

Tetrahydrophthalimide

Thiols

Thiosulfate

and other organosulfur compounds and molecules

 

Total hydrocarbons (IR method)

Total organic carbon TOC

Total phenol and flavanoid content

Total suspendable substances

Tryptophan

V

Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)

Vitamin E

  • Tocophenols

  • Tocotrienole

Volatile hydrocarbons

W

Water and acid soluble substances

Water content using xylene distillation

Water hardness

Grad deutsche Härte determined using total Mg and Ca content (HPLC)