MATERIAL ANALYSIS DEPARTMENT

Lubricating / Insulating Oils & Fuels Laboratory

 
  • Analysis of fuels (diesel, petrol, kerosene, Jet A-1, JP-5, fuel gases and others) in accordance with ASTM, IP and other standards
  • Analysis of new and used lubricating oils (engine, turbine, compressor, hydraulic gear etc...) following ASTM and other test methods (Interpretive reports provided). Insulating oil analysis (ASTM D-3487 Specification)
  • Facility for sampling and testing used transformer, oil including dissolved gases and furans)
 

Analytical Chemistry Laboratory

 

This laboratory is equiped for a wide range of material tests to ASTM, AASHTO, SASO, DIN, BS, BP, USP and other appropriate standards. The routine materials analyzed in this laboratory are

  • Cement
  • Ceramics
  • Water
  • Soil
  • Fertilizer
  • Water treatment chemicals
  • Food
  • Paints
  • Plastic
  • Dairy products
  • Raw materials
  • Aggregate
  • Admixtures
  • Waste water
  • Various ores
  • Steels and other metals (zinc, aluminium, tin, etc...)
  • Industrial chemicals
  • Coolant
  • Soaps
  • Detergent
  • Industrial products
  • Assessment of damaged Cargoes
  • Various organic and inorganic analyses of the materials, identification of unknown components and other materials.
  Microbiological Laboratory
 

This purpose-built laboratory is designed for food and other "clean" testing. It has an ultraclean room equiped with laminar flow cabinet. The various materials tested include frozen, chilled and food, fresh food,drinking water, watewater, screening pool water, ice beverages, cosmetics, animal feed and environmental samples. We carry out air monitoring work place, swabbing of machines/equipment used in production and take personnel swabs. Tests are to AWWA, APHA, SASO, BSI, CCFRA, BAM (Bacteriological and Analytical Manual of FDA) and use W.H.O guidelines and various other standard test procedures.

The list of species we can identify are as follows:

  • Heterotrophic plate count
  • Aerobic and Anaerobic sformers
  • Total coliforms (MPN and colony count)
  • E.Coli
  • Enterobacteria ceae
  • Fecal streptococcus
  • Salmonella
  • Staph aureus
  • Clostridium
  • Listeria monocytogene
  • Sulphate reducing bacteria (SRB), (Soil & Water)
  • Anerobic plate count
  • Yeast and Mold count
  • Fecal coliforms
  • E.Coli 0157.H7
  • Enterocci
  • Pseudomonas aerugenosa
  • Shigella
  • Bacillus cereus
  • Vibrio parahemolyticus
  • Legionella from cooling water system
  • Nitrifying bacteria from cooling tower and soils
Types of Cultures collected:  
  • NC10885-09 - Vibrio parahaemolyticus
  • NC07464-15 - Bacillus Cereus
  • NC11322-10 - Campylobacter
  • NC10418-21 - Escherichia coli
  • NC12900-05 - Escherichia coli 0157H7
  • NC11994-12 - Listeria monocylogenes
  • NC04840-13 - Salmonella poona
  • NC10460-16 - Yersinia enterocolitica
  • NC06571-31 - Staphylococcus aureus
  • NC0823725 - Clastridium perfringens
  • NC106602-15 - Pseudomonas aeruginosa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Equipments
 

The material analysis department is equipped with analytical instruments such as

  • AAS
  • GC
  • GC-MS with P&T and head space.
  • UV-VIS Spectrophotometer
  • TOC-TN Analyser
  • Auto KF
  • Auto density and various petroleium testing equipment as per ASTM and IP standards.
  • Flue gas analysers
  • ICP-OES
  • GC-MS
  • FTIR
  • TOGA(Transformer dissolved gas analyser)
  • Auto Flash point
  • Auto particle size analyser as per NAS-1638, ISO 4406