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Alfred Analytical Laboratoryhttp://www.frogpondpottery.com/glazetest.html Phone: 607-478-8074 Location: Alfred Station, NY, USA Will do leach testing for extractable metals in fired glazes. Contact Dr. Roland Hale, Director, Alfred Analytical Laboratory, 4964 Kenyon Road, Alfred Station, NY 14803
Brandywine Science Center, Inc.http://www.bsclab.com/bsclab_pottery.htm Location: Kennett Square, PA, USA Will do leach testing for extractable metals in fired glazes.
CERAM RESEARCHhttp://www.ceram.com/testing Location: Stoke-on-Trent, UK Phone: +44 (0) 1782 764355/764356
CERAM offers an independent testing service for all materials based industries including ceramics, glass, metals and raw materials.
CanTest Ltd.http://www.testing-labs.com Phone: (604) 734- 7276 Location: Burnaby, BC, Canada They can do a very detailed Glazed Ceramics and Glassware leachate test.
Composite Technology Development, Inc.http://www.ctd-materials.com/services/testing.htm CTD utilizes an array of state-of-the-art equipment and facilities for materials testing and evaluation. We have experience testing metallic, polymer, composite, and ceramic materials and are capable of evaluating the mechanical, physical, thermal, and electrical properties of materials at temperatures from –270°C (4K) to over 200°C (500 K).
Lambda Researchhttp://www.lambda-research.com/ A broad array of x-ray diffraction and fluorescence testing capabilities are maintained for materials applications primarily in the areas of qualitative and quantitative phase analysis and texture determination. A full machine shop with modern CNC tooling supports the surface integrity studies of manufacturing methods.
Pirates Pottery (no website) Phone: 610 346-7641 Location: Coopersburg, PA USA Sr. Scientist Product Development and Raw Materials characterization consulting, laboratory instrumental analysis. Specialize in porous media, filtration liquid absorption. Instron tensile strength testing. Prototyping mold making, pattern making, and modeling.
Loring Laboratories Ltd.http://www.loringlabs.net/ Phone: (403) 274-2777 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada A general testing lab, they can do mineralogical and chemical analysis. Price is around $100 per sample.
Matrix Enterpriseswww.matrix-ent.com Phone: +419-878-0001 Location: Waterville (Toledo), OH Matrix Enterprises is the North American distributor for Jagdish Electronics of Bangalore, India. We offer the DEPA Dynamic Elastic Properties Analyzer to the Ceramic, Abrasive and Composite Manufacturers of NA.
DEPA tests for Young's Modulus, Shear Modulus, Poisson's Ratio and Damping Factor on ASTM sized samples.
We also do testing at our home location. Contact us for details.
McMaster Universityhttp://mse.mcmaster.ca/ Phone: 905-525-9140-x24977 Location: Hamilton, Ont, Canada ASTM Testing and interpretation/advice for ceramics, materials, powders, glaze, refractories.
Ceramics: bulk density; true density; apparent porosity; total porosity, pore size distribution; permeability; Modulus of Elasticity; Modulus of Rupture; Fracture Toughness; hardness; abrasion resistance; thermal expansion; optical mineralogy and electronoptical microstructure and elemental-distribution.
Determination of source of glaze defects and defects that initiated failure in both ceramics and glass.
Powder or powdered ceramic bodies: XRD; XRF; EDAX; particle-size-distribution; packing-density; grading; surface area; DTA; TGA; dispersion; pressing density; parameters for slip-casting; viscosity; thixotropy; parameters for EPD shaping; dilatometry for optimum sintering temperature/time.
Glass: Postmortems on the fracture of bottles, panes, reactors etc., glass composition, softening points, residual stress state, pressure capability, thermal-shock, etc.
Refractories: (ASTM C20) such as RUL, MOR, bend and crushing strength, and slag attack etc.
Phone: 519 751 7771
Norwest Labshttp://www.norwestlabs.com Phone: 800-661-7645 Location: Alberta, Canada Locations in Western Canada, Thailand, Bangladesh and Turkey. They can do chemical analysis on clays and rock at about $120 Canadian per sample. They can handle boron. The test is called WRA1 (Whole Rock Analaysis 1).
NSL Analytical Services, Inc.http://www.nslanalytical.com/ An independent Commercial Testing Laboratory in business since 1945, NSL is a leader in the chemical analysis of all types of materials. Whether the product is metallic or non-metallic, powdered, solid, or liquid, NSL can perform most chemical analyses, from less than 1-ppm to 99.999% using ICP, ICPMS, ICP-MS, DCAR-C, Wet Chemistry and Spectrographic Analysis.
Professional Service Industrieshttp://www.psiusa.com Phone: 412-922-4000 Chemist Distinguished as a leader in environmental consulting, geotechnical engineering, and construction testing services, PSI is nationally recognized in several disciplines, including: construction services, materials testing, roof consulting and asbestos management. We’re a leader among independent testing organizations and rank as one of North America's largest consulting engineering firms according to ENR.
The M&P Labhttp://www.the-mandp-lab.com/ Phone: 518-382-0082 The M&P Lab is a full-service materials testing laboratory, offering our clients a full range of analytical and consulting services such as acceptance testing, quality control, service evaluation, failure analysis and product development. We analyze materials such as metals, composites, organics and polymers for composition, structure and properties.
Vanderbilt R. T. Co. Inc.http://www.rtvanderbilt.com/analytical.htm Phone: (203) 853-1400 Location: Norwalk, CT, USA QC/QA for our manufacturing plants, analysis of raw materials and resale products to qualify new sources of materials, test method development/validation. A complete range of spectroscopy, thermal, particle instructions, online service delivery.
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