OTHER TESTING FACILITIES

Global migration of plastics
IS:9845 1998 Determination of Overall migration of constituents of plastics materials and articles intended to come in contact with Food stuffs.

Parameter	Test Method
Moisture% weight	IS:877/ 1989(Reaffirmed 1999) Activated Carbons, powdered and Granular-Methods of sampling and test
pH of water extract
Ash% by weight
Hardness
Granular size
Silver %	Laboratory validated method by Na2S2O3 extraction and analysis by AAS
Copper %
Arsenic %
Nickel %
Antimony%
Iodine number mg/gr	ASTM D 4607 – 94 (Re approved 1999)
BET surface area m2/gr	Micromeritics (subcontracted)

Metal leachates in activated carbon / other treatment media
Simulation studies of Metal leachates from the treatment media. Exposure and extraction method: NSF/ANSI 42 protocol

Metal leachates from Metallic components(come in contact with water)
Customized method

Metal leachates from brass and copper components
IS 4985: 2000 Unplasticized PVC pipes (come in contact with water) for potable water supplies specification

Material extraction tests of full products and components of water purifiers
Customized method of exposure and extraction by NSF/ANSI42 protocol and to determine the quality characteristics of extracted water in compliance with IS10500:2012 Drinking Water Specification.
Autopsy of RO membranes
Determining the composition of the scale of fouling by SEM&EDAX combination (subcontracted).

Isolation of bio-fouling causing microorganisms

Quality characteristics of disinfection resins/ media
% Iodine, %Bromine and % Chlorine
Disinfection property: Volume of disinfection/ CC of media

Quality characteristics of various media
% P₂O_5,% Solubility in Sodium Hex Metaphosphate
% Purity of Calcite
% Purity of Magnesium
% Purity of citric acid
% Available chlorine in TCA and other Chlorinated media
TCLP (Toxicity Characteristics Leaching Procedure) tests for spent media
USEAP method
Quality characteristics of detergents and sanitizers
Active ingredient (standard published method)
Determination of Disinfection property (customized method)
Quality characteristics by IS methods
Poresize estimation and % porosity of flat sheets of porous material
Capillary Porometer method
Pore size determination of filter cartridges with 1,5,10 and 20 micron microspheres
Customised method
Easy Test Kits supply
Total Hardness as CaCO3 mg/L (Titrimetric method)
Chloride as Cl mg/L (Titrimetric method)
Total Iron (colour comparator method)
Total Available Chlorine (colour comparator method)
Residual Free available Chlorine (colour comparator method)
Nitrate as NO3 (colour comparator method)
TDS meters (hand-held)
pH meters (hand-held)
Consolidated Test Kit (TDS, pH, Total Hardness, Total Iron and Total Chlorine)