RJ Lee Group’s accredited laboratory offers carbon analysis capabilities to help provide quality assurance across your product line. Our experts’ approach for activated carbon is to duplicate the analytical procedures our customers have instituted for their products using their exact methodologies, e.g., in-house methods, as well as traditional methodologies.
Test | Method | Analyte |
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Abrasion Number | AWWA B-604/ASTM D-3802 | Abrasion Number |
Acid-soluble Ash | ASTM D-2866 (TGA)/ASTM D6385 | Total Ash/Acid -soluble Ash |
Acid-soluble Ash and Iron | ASTM D-2866 (TGA)/ASTM D6385/ASTM D6647 mod (ICP-AES) | Total Ash/Acid -soluble Ash/Acid-soluble Iron |
Acid-soluble Iron | ASTM D6647 mod (ICP-AES) | Acid-soluble Iron |
BET Surface Analysis | In house | Specific Area |
Contact pH | ASTM 06851-02 | pH |
Grinding | As required by method | |
Halides and Sulfur | Solid via Combustion & IC | Br,Cl, F and S |
Hardness Number | ASTM D-3802 | Hardness Number |
Iodine Number | AWWA B-604/ ASTM D4607/USP/FCC | Iodine Number |
Methylene Blue Number | JIS K 1474 | Methylene Blue Number |
Moisture | ASTM D-2867 (TGA) | Moisture (oven) |
Particle Size Laser Diffraction | In house (wet analysis) | Particle Size Distribution (PSD) |
Apparent Density | ASTM D-2854 | Apparent Density |
Particle Size Test By Sieving | ASTM D-2862 | Particle Size Distribution (PSD) |
Mean Particle Diameter, mm | AWWA B-604/ ASTM D-2862 | Mean Particle Diameter, mm |
Effective Size | AWWA B-604/ ASTM D-2862 | Effective Size |
Uniformity Coefficient | AWWA B-604/ ASTM D-2862 | Uniformity Coefficient |
pH | ASTM D-3838 | pH |
Total Ash | ASTM D-2866 (TGA) | Total Ash |
Volatile Matter | ASTM D-3175 (TGA) | Volatile Matter |
Water Solubles | ASTM D-5029-98 | Water Solubles |
Board of Water Supply | BWS 102.7 | Metals/Anions/pH |
Prop 65 Sec 1.4 | Prop 65 Sec 1.4 | Column – As, Al, Sb |
GAC CA Prop 65 Section 1.5 | Prop 65 Sec 1.5 | Beaker – As, Al, Sb |
Block CA Prop 65 Section 1.6 | Prop 65 Section 1.6 | Beaker Block – As, Al, Sb |
Molasses | Clients should provide method/Molasses | Molasses number |
Silver Extraction | Call lab | Ag content |
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