Analytical Services

As Surface Technology, Inc.’s state of the art facility serves as a multi-faceted surface finishing production facility. It is a manufacturer of chemical solutions, and the company boasts an extensive array of analytical test equipment.  STI is therefore able to make its capability and expertise available by providing such analytical services to other companies.

STI offers analytical testing in the following areas:

Chemistry
  • Nickel metal
  • Sodium hypophosphite
  • Sodium orthophosphite
  • Nitrates
  • Atomic Absorption
    • nickel, lead, cadmium, tin, palladium, bismuth, copper, gold, zinc, cobalt, molybdenum
  • Specific gravity
  • pH
  • Surface tension
  • Zeta potential
Plating
  • Plating rate
  • Bath life

Deposit Properties

  • Deposit Analysis
    • Hardness / microhardness
    • Taber wear resistance
    • Falex wear resistance
    • Yarnline wear resistance
    • Cross sectioning
    • Thickness
    • Composite composition
    • Particle size distribution
    • Adhesion
    • Salt spray resistance
    • Nitric acid resistance
    • Porosity