Pharmaceutical analytical testing services
Technology
LGC is equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation for
complex and high accuracy analysis, and maintains close links with
instrument suppliers and the science base to ensure early adoption
of new technology. Our members of staff have, between them,
wide-ranging, specialist and in-depth analytical experience. The
technologies used at LGC include, but are not limited to:
Advanced sample preparation
- Solvent Extraction including Automated
Solvent Extraction (ASE)
- Soxhlet and Soxtect
- Solid phase extraction
- Microwave
Separation science
- High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
coupled to UV, light scattering
- Gas Chromatography (GC) with Flame Ionisation
(FID), Nitrogen Phosphorus (NPD) and Electron Capture (ECD)
detection
- Head Space Gas Chromatography
- Capillary Electrophoresis (CE) coupled to UV,
Fluorescence
- Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
(LC-MS)
- LC-MSn
- Gas chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
(GC-MS)
- Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC)
Advanced Mass spectrometry
- Capillary Electrophoresis-Mass Spectrometry
(CE-MS)
- Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass
Spectrometry (LC-MS-MS)
- 2D Gas chromatography Time-of flight Mass
Spectrometry (GC-TOF-MS)
- 2D Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass
Spectrometry (LC-MS-MS)
- Liquid Chromatography – Quadrapole
Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (LC-QTOF-MS)
- Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionisation
Time of Flight MS (MALDI-TOF-MS)
- Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance
Mass Spectrometry (FT-ICR-MS)
Spectroscopy
- Fourier Transform-Infra Red (FT-IR)
- Raman
- Ultraviolet (UV)
- Fluorescence
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
Particle characterisation
- Particle size (Dry and Wet systems)
- Optical microscopy
- Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
- Surface area determination
- Porosimetry
- Density
Microscopic imaging
- High resolution SEM (Field emission)
- Energy dispersive X-Ray detection
- Backscattered electron detection
- FT-IR micro spectrometry
- Raman micro spectrometry
- Optical microscopy / Image analysis
Morphology and thermal analysis
- X-ray Diffraction (XRD)
- Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
- Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)
- Sorption studies
- Moisture content
Inorganic analysis
- Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) with Optical
Emission Spectroscopy (OES)
- Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) with MS
detection,
- Atomic Absorption (AA)
- Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption
(GF-AA)
- X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF)
- LC/GC ICP-MS
Organic Microanalysis
- Carbon Hydrogen Nitrogen analysis (CHN)
- Low level Nitrogen, Sulphur and Chlorine
Measurement of ions in solution
- Electrochemical methods
- Ion chromatography
Classical Analysis
- Karl Fischer
- Titrimetry
- Wet Chemical Analysis
- Colorimetry
For further information, contact
Email: pharmaInfo@lgc.co.uk
LGC, The Heath Business Park, Runcorn,
Cheshire WA7 4QX, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1928 515163
Fax: +44 (0)1928 500125
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