Testing Services

The Center is equipped with world class testing facilities in the areas of Coal, Bauxite, Alumina, Electrolysis, Analytical and Downstream

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Alumina Division

  • Fine Grinding by impact mill 160UPZ
  • Bomb Digestion (including liquor, chemical & mineralogical analysis of Mud )
  • Autoclave Digestion ( - do -)
  • Precipitation Study ( including liquor analysis & granulometry )
  • Available Alumina
  • MHA (Mono Hydrate Alumina)
  • Bulk Density (powder )
  • Angle of Repose ( powder )
  • Desilication test at specified conditions ( including liquor analysis , chemical & mineralogical of Mud )
  • Sodium Aluminate liquor Analysis
  • Total Organic Carbon by TOC Analyser
  • THA (Tri Hydrate Alumina)
  • Rheology (Slurry, liquid & paste)
  • COMBINE THA AND MHA
  • Whiteness
  • Mud/ Jar Settling test

Electrolysis Division (Physical Testing)

  • True Density / Real Density
  • APPARENT Density
  • Particle Size Distribution
  • Fluorine Analysis
  • Differential Scanning Calorimetry – 20, 10 & 5 degree celcius ( As per temperature )
  • Pore Size Distribution ( MIP - Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry)
  • Pore Size Distribution ( BET Surface Area Analyser )
  • Cyanide Analysis
  • Thermogravimetric Analysis ( 20, 10, 5 degree Celcius ) ( As per temperature )

Downstream & Recycling Promotion

  • Sample Preparation for Tensile Test, Compressive strength bend strength (Three point Bend )
  • Rockwell Hardness
  • Microhardness ( Vickers )
  • Aluminium Melting Furnace (20 Kg : 800 degrees)
  • Electrical Conductivity
  • Cupping Test
  • Compressive / Tensile Strength
  • Electrical Resistivity
  • Spectro-chemical Analysis (Spark OES (Optical Emission Spectrometry) : Al )
  • Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM-EDS: Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy)
  • Metallography
  • Anodization
  • Heat Treatment
  • Extrusion Press
  • Billet Casting
  • Extrusion : Die Design & Simulation
  • Coating thickness
  • Aluminium Certified Reference Materials (CRMs) product

Coal Characterization

  • Proximate Analysis – Moisture (Air Dried, Total, Equilibrated), VM, Ash, Fixed Carbon
  • GCV Analysis
  • Total Sulphur Analysis
  • Ultimate Analysis – C, H, N, S, O
  • Ash Fusibility Test
  • Sample Preparation Technique – Jaw Crusher, Roll Crusher, Pulverizer, Sieve Shaker
  • Trace and Ultra trace Element Analysis.

Analytical Division

  • XRD (X-ray diffraction) Analysis : (Phase Identification & Quantitative Mineralogy for Bauxite )
  • Wet Chemical Analysis
  • XRF (X-ray Fluorescence) Analysis
  • Spectro-chemical analysis by ICP-OES - Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy
  • Rare Earth Element (REE) and Critical Mineral Analysis by ICP-MS (Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry)
  • Flame Photometer / Spectrometer
  • Mercury Analysis by DMA (Direct Mercury Analyzer)
  • TCLP (Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure) / STLC (Soluble Threshold Limit Concentration) IN Waste
  • Reactive Silica
  • Glow Discharge Spectrometer -GDS
  • Gold Analysis using Fire Assay / ICP-MS (Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry)

Bauxite Division

  • Sample Preparation (Screening, sieving, homogenising ( Coal, Ores & Rocks)
  • Sieve Analysis by Rotap
  • Bond Work Index
  • Bulk Density
  • Magnetic Separation study by WHIMS (Wet High-Intensity Magnetic Separation) & DMS (Dry Magnetic Separation)
  • Calcination test
  • Petrology / Ore Microscopic Study
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