List chemical tests:
Food Tests | Water Tests | Coal and Charcoal Tests | Petroleum Products Tests | Pharmaceutical Tests
Food Tests:
- Nutritional Value;
- Moisture or humidity;
- Water Activity measurements;
- Proteins (Kjeldahl);
- Fats and oils;
- Carbohydrates;
- Sugars and starches;
- Energy Value, calories or kiloJoules;
- Minerals;
- Sodium;
- Salt;
- Heavy metals;
- Colour measurements; Lovibond, Pt-Co, Gardner;
- Food Poisoning investigations;
- Insecticide residues screening for organo-phosphates and carbamates;
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Water Tests:
- Potable waters;
- Tests according to SANS requirements;
- Swimming pool water;
- Trade effluents;
- Marine waters;
- Borehole waters;
- Bottled water;
- SANS 241 drinking water quality tests.
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Coal and Charcoal Tests:
- Proximate Analysis;
- Air-dry moisture;
- Free, superficial moisture;
- Inherent moisture;
- Total moisture;
- Ash content;
- Fixed Carbon;
- Gross Calorific Value, by Bomb Calorimeter;
- Phosphorus and its compounds;
- Size Grading, particle size distribution;
- Self-heat Test on charcoal, IMDG Code;
- Smoke Point;
- Flame Propagation Test on charcoal, UN method.
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Petroleum Products Tests:
Lubrication oils and Fuel Oils
- Kinematic Viscosity;
- Dynamic viscosity;
- Density, API and SG measurements;
- Ford Cup Viscosity;
- Brookfield Viscosity;
- Flash Point;
- Fire Point;
- Auto-ignition Point;
- Conradson Carbon Residue;
- Ash content;
- ASTM Distillation;
- Heat of Combustion, ASTMD4868;
- Insolubles and extractables;
- Water content, by distillation;
- Water content, by Karl Fischer;
- Pour Point;
- Cloud Point;
- Colour measurements; ASTM, Saybolt and IP
- TAN, TBN and SAN;
- Electrical conductivity on fuel oils, e.g. jet fuel;
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Pharmaceutical Tests:
- UV Spectrophotometry measurements;
- Melting Point measurements;
- Humidity tests;
- Tests according to the BP and USP.
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