NWTC has many years experience in helping to identify and determine contamination composition, providing clients with data pointing to potential contaminant origin, often from complex sources. Contamination analysis includes detection and identification of contaminants in a wide range of materials. Ranging from raw materials, fully formulated products and packaging.
NWTC is capable of undertaking investigations into the following types of issues:
We take a forensic approach to identification of unknown particulates and / or crystal formation in a finished product or raw material. We can also carry out type matching analysis to trace the source of the contamination in a process.
In the case of chemical contamination then we can use NMR screening techniques to identify possible causes of the problem in addition to other relevant methods.
We additionally have a well developed microscopy capability for examining contaminants using elemental screening.
Please contact us to confidentially discuss your analysis requirements.