Reactive Chemical Testing Services

Reactive Chemical Testing is essential for facilities handling thermally unstable or highly energetic materials. If your process involves elevated temperatures, scale-up from laboratory to production, formulation changes, or uncertain thermal behavior, reactive hazard evaluation is critical to preventing incidents.

We evaluate the properties and behavior of reactive substances to identify potential hazards and support safe handling, storage, process design, and scale-up.

Using advanced laboratory instrumentation, we assess thermal stability, decomposition behavior, heat release, pressure generation, and runaway reaction potential. Equipment includes:

• Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)

• Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA)

• Accelerating Rate Calorimetry (ARC)

• Reaction Calorimeters (mRC or RC-1)

• Adiabatic calorimeters such as the Vent Sizing Package II (VSP II)

Reactive Chemical Testing provides critical data such as onset temperature, heat of reaction, adiabatic temperature rise, Time to Maximum Rate (TMR), and Maximum Temperature of the Synthesis Reaction (MTSR). This information helps establish safe operating limits, supports emergency relief system design, strengthens Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), and reduces the risk of thermal runaway, over-pressurization, fire, and explosion.

All testing is performed in our laboratory under controlled conditions. Our engineers translate test results into practical safety recommendations aligned with your specific process conditions and production goals.