ANALYTICAL SERVICES

Wood Coatings Research Group’s Analytical Services Laboratory provides instrumental and wet chemical techniques for the quantitative determination of various quantities. Techniques include titrations, electrochemistry, chromatography, spectroscopy, rheology, microscopy, tribology, and thermal analysis, for example. These methodologies are utilized to quantitatively determine such quantities as coefficient of friction, acid number, solvent polarity, solvent identification, material identification, haze and clarity of films, absorption and reflection characteristics of pigments and films, viscosity, ash content, percent solids, water purity, VOC, and flexibility, for example.