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 Competitive Product Analysis

COMPETITIVE PRODUCT ANALYSIS

What fibers are my competitors using in their weaves?  What is the oily substance dumped at our job site?  Was something poured into my car´s gas tank or oil?  These are all valid questions that are routinely answered by EMSL Analytical, Inc., with the aid of Fourier Transform Infrared Analysis (FTIR).

The FTIR instrument scans a material with a laser and the chemical bonds in the sample absorb certain wavelengths leaving a ``finger print".  By matching the absorption bands with known compounds, the material can be identified.  We can determine compound materials, lubricants, fibers, polymers and unknowns etc...