Chemical analysis of metals is used for a wide variety of purposes and can help companies with their manufacturing quality control, reverse engineering and failure investigations.

Material identification, characterisation and verification are essential for businesses to ensure their materials or products have been manufactured to the correct alloy grade and conform to national or international codes and standards. Metal chemical analysis is also used in reverse engineering to determine the alloys used to produce a component and in failure investigations to establish whether the correct alloy was used.

Finding the right partner to provide an accurate chemical analysis of your metals is important and Intertek’s highly experienced staff can analyse a diverse range of metals and use a variety of techniques, from semi-quantitative to fully quantitative methods, that will identify and quantify the elemental composition of a metal alloy. We serve all industry sectors including oil and gas, aerospace, rail, automotive and medical devices, along with clients such as foundries, precision engineers and steel stockholders