
Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development & Design Centre
Autonomus Body Under Ministry of Mines, Government of India

Testing Services

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Alumina Division

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 )

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 )

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

Magnetic Separation study by WHIMS (Wet High-Intensity Magnetic Separation) & DMS (Dry Magnetic Separation)
Calcination test
Petrology / Ore Microscopic Study

Mr Nitin Warhadpande

Sr Scientific Officer - II

Mr Roshan Jasutkar

Junior Assistant