ABC Laboratories conducts product development studies in response to chemical and physical analysis requirements under Good Laboratory Practices (GLPs).
Product Identity and Composition
- Analysis of impurities
- Preliminary analysis
- Certified limits
- Analytical enforcement method
- Submittal of samples
Conducting Physical and Chemical Property Determination
- Color, physical state, odor and pH
- Melting/boiling points
- Density (liquids and solids)
- Solubility (water and organic solvents)
- Fat solubility
- Dissociation constants in water
- Partition coefficient (n-Octanol/water)
- Stability to temperature, metals and metal ions
- Oxidation/reduction and chemical incompatibility
- Storage stability (standard and accelerated)
- Corrosion characteristics
- Viscosity (rate, yield and viscosity curves)
- Miscibility
- Flammability/flashpoint/flame extension
- Surface tension
- UV/Visible absorption
- Vapor pressure
- CIPAC formulation properties
- Leaching rate studies (antifouling paints and wood preservatives)