Actlabs Mexico

Fire assay- Both lead and nickel sulphide, with atomic absorption (AAS), inductively coupled plasma emission (ICP), inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP/MS), neutron activation (INAA) or gravimetric finishes can analyze all precious metals including gold, silver and platinum group metals.

Multielement trace metal geochemistry - Includes methods developed by ICP/MS, INAA, ICP, x-ray fluorescence (XRF) with aqua regia, multi-acid and peroxide fusions. Our litho-geochemical packages include instrumental techniques like INAA, XRF and laser ablation combined with lithium metaborate/tetraborate and peroxide fusions combined with ICP, ICP/MS to provide research quality data for over 60 elements.

Hydrogeochemical - Packages include ICP, ICP/MS, HR-ICP/MS, ion chromatography, gas chromatography- mass spectrometry (GC-MS), UV-VIS spectrophotometry, scalar autoanalyzer for cyanide compounds, capillary electrophoresis (CE) and high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC), total organic carbon (TOC), laser particle size analyzer and triple quad mass spectrometers (LC-MS-MS) to solve virtually any hydrogeochemistry problem.

Combustion Testing - Equipment including carbon-sulphur-nitrogen-hydrogen and oxygen analyzers (CHNS, CNS, CS including induction and resistance furnaces, NOH, CO2-H2O,CO2 coulometer). In addition there are DT/TGA, DSC, polarimetry, titration, mercury analyzers to help solve virtually any problem.

Geometallurgy- The new field emission gun-scanning electron microscope-energy dispersive x-ray spatial analyzer (FEG-MLA) with quantitation automation will be highly utilized in our geometallurgy laboratory.

Analytical methods - Include Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA), Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP), Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP/MS), High Resolution ICP/MS (HR ICP/MS), Laser ablation, X-ray Fluorescence (XRF), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), LECO, Fire Assay, Ion Chromatography, Capillary Electrophoresis, Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS), GC/MS/MS, High Pressure liquid chromatrography (HPLC) with UV/VIS, Diode Array and refractive index detectors, TGA/DTA, Differential Scanning Calorimeter, Liquid chromatography triple quadruple Q-trap (LC/MS/MS) Laser Particle Size Analyser, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer (FTIR), Auto analyzers, Automated titrators, CO2/H2O analyzers and Coulometer.

A: The ISO 9001 quality system is not as stringent as the ISO 17025 standard. In the ISO 17025 standard all accredited methods are audited by experienced peers to ensure they conform to recognized analytical standards and that the method validation verifies a number of analytical variables to ensure the data that will be obtained is defensible. The ISO 9001 does not look at analytical methods at all, only the quality system.