LCS Laboratory Inc., offers a chemical analysis of gases, vapors, and smoke which are produced during a controlled, high temperature decomposition test. This test follows the method DIN 53436 part 1: “Chemical analysis of decomposition products”
For this particular test, your material is placed in a quartz reactor and is slowly moved through a preheated furnace (temperature may vary depending on materials tested). For example, if you need to study emissions during polymerization at 90°C, we recreate the temperature in our laboratory and collect vapors and byproducts that are emitted from your product. Alternatively, if you wish to investigate gases that are emitted during the incineration process, a much higher temperature of 500 – 650 °C would be recreated.
During the test, we capture soot, ash, pitch/tar, vapors and gases as their own separate fractions. Once the data is collected, we individually analyze them for their chemical composition. Our 
standard list of tests include: solvents, PAH’s, formaldehyde, carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, inorganic acids, phenol, soot, smoke-forming-pitch, and metals. We can also target any particular chemical of your choice. Every detected chemical is reported in milligrams per kilogram of material tested.
To order a test or to discuss your project, please send us an email and request a formal quote. Please specify the testing temperature, and let us know what chemicals should be targeted.
