DUST TESTING |
Percent Combustible Product |
Go / No Go – Explosibility Screening Test |
Explosion Severity (Kst) Test |
Explosion Severity (Kst) Test – at elevated temperature |
Explosion Severity (Kst) Test – at reduced oxygen concentration |
Explosion Severity (Kst) Test – Hybrid Mixture |
Minimum Ignition Energy Test – Dust Cloud |
Minimum Ignition Temperature Test – Dust Cloud |
Minimum Ignition Temperature Test – Dust Layer |
Limiting Oxygen Concentration – 20L Sphere |
Particle Sieve Analysis |
Sample Disposal Fee (minimum per sample) |
Grinding and particle size reduction |
ELECTROSTATIC TESTING – LIQUIDS |
Liquid Conductivity Test |
Electrostatic Chargeability Test – Liquid |
Electrostatic Chargeability Test – Spray |
ELECTROSTATIC TESTING – POWDERS |
Volume Resistivity & Charge Relaxation Time- Powder |
Volume Resistivity-Powder |
Electrostatic Chargeability Test – Powder |
FILMS, FABRICS, LINERS, SHOES, GLOVES, CLOTHING, & FLOORING SAMPLES |
Volume Resistivity & Charge Relaxation – Sheets, Films, Fabrics, Foils |
Surface Resistivity & Charge Relaxation – Sheets, Films, Fabrics, Foils |
Propagating Brush Discharge Testing & Breakdown Voltage Measurement |
Electrostatic Discharge Testing |
Measurement of Electr. Resistance – Shoes, Gloves, Clothing, & Flooring |
ELECTROSTATIC TESTING – FIBCs, DRUMS, SACKS |
Measurement of Resistance to Ground – FIBC |
Volume Resistivity & Charge Relaxation Time – Drum/Sack |
Surface Resistivity & Charge Relaxation Time – Drum/Sack |
Electrostatic Chargeability Test – Drum/Sack |
Electrostatic Chargeability Test – Emptying of Drum/Sack |
Electrostatic Chargeability & Discharge Incendivity Test – Drums/Sacks |
OTHER TRANSPORTATION TESTS |
Sustained Combustibility Test – DOT/UN Test L.2 or ASTM D4206-96 |
Burning Rate Test – DOT/UN Test N.1 (Division 4.1) |
Self-Heating Substances Test – DOT/UN Test N.4 (Division 4.2) |
PHYSICAL PROPERTY DETERMINATION |
Melting Point |
Boiling Point |
Glass Transition Temperature (using DSC) |
Density/Specific Gravity |
Vapor Pressure – ASTM D2879 |
Surface Tension (Soluble) |
Surface Tension (Insoluble) |
Water Solubility |
Partition Coefficient |
Specific Heat Capacity – DSC |
Heat of Combustion |
Heat of Vaporization |
FLAMMABILITY TESTING |
Open Burning Test – Liquids |
 Flash Point Test – Cleveland Open Cup |
 Fire Point Test – Cleveland Open Cup |
Flash Point Test –Â Closed Cup |
Flash Ignition Temperature |
Spontaneous Ignition Temperature |
Explosion Severity (Kg) – Vapors & Gases |
Explosion Severity (Kg) – Vapors & Gases – at high pressure |
Explosion Severity (Kg)-Vapors & Gases-at reduced oxygen concentration |
Explosion Severity (Kg) – Hybrid Mixture |
Explosion Severity (Pm and Kg Testing) – Gas/Vapor (atmospheric pressure) |
Limits of Flammability – per ASTM E-681 |
Limits of Flammability – at high pressure |
Limits of Flammability – higher than 50 psig and/or greater than 150°C |
Flammability Diagram – per ASTM E-681 |
Flammability Diagram – at high pressure |
Flammability Diagram – higher than 60 psig and/or greater than 150°C |
Autoignition Temperature – per ASTM E-659 |
Autoignition Temperature – at high pressure |
Autoignition Temperature Determination per ASTM G72 |
Limiting Oxygen Concentration – per ASTM E-2079 |
Limiting Oxygen Concentration – at high pressure |
Limiting Oxygen Concentration – higher than 60 psig and/or greater than 150°C |
SADT-Self-accelerating Decomposition Temp.-Adiabatic Storage (UN H.2) |
SADT-Heat Accumulation Storage (UN H.4) – First Test |
Temperature Limit of Flammability ASTM E-1232 |
Temperature Limit of Flammability in Pure or Reduced Oxygen |
Flame Projection Test ASTM D3065 – Flammability of Aerosols |
Ignition Distance Test UN DOT Standard – Flammability of Aerosols |
Aerosol Foam Test – per UN DOT Standard |
Flammability Rating per ASTM D 6668 |
THERMAL INSTABILITY TESTING |
Preliminary Screening Test for Flammability – Needs to be done for Safety |
Powder Layer Screening Test |
Bulk Solids Screening Test – Powder |
Isothermal Bulk Powder Test |
Aerated Powder Screening Test |
Isothermal Aerated Powder Test |
Isothermal Powder Layer Test |
Isothermal Test – Basket Test |
CHEMICAL REACTION HAZARD TESTING |
 Desk Screening for Chemical Reaction Hazards Using CHETAH |
Substance Instability Assessment |
Differential Scanning Calorimetry – Dynamic (LP Cell) |
Differential Scanning Calorimetry – Dynamic (HP Cell) |
Differential Scanning Calorimetry – Dynamic (HP Cell) Cryogenic |
Differential Scanning Calorimetry-Isothermal(LP Cell) |
Differential Scanning Calorimetry – Isothermal(HP Cell) |
Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) – Dynamic (Standard Cell) |
Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) – Isothermal (Standard Cell) |
Reaction Hazard Screening Testing Package (Carius/DSC) |
Accelerating Rate Calorimetry (ARC) |
Vent Sizing Package Test (normal conditions) |
Water Solubility (Pricing to vary based on the sample) |
pH Measurement |