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Analytical Laboratory Capabilities
Product testing specific to your application needs
Gore provides filtration solutions designed for the high-volume, electronics industry. As part of a commitment to quality, Gore offers applications engineering support, rapid prototyping and analytical test capabilities.
In addition to standard chemical and particle filtration performance tests, Gore also has custom testing capabilities that can be designed to meet the exact need of your application.
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- Chemical Vapor and Moisture Adsorption Performance
- Particle Filtration Performance
- Quality Assurance Analytic Testing
- Quality Assurance Analytical Testing
Chemical Vapor and Moisture Adsorption Performance
| GC/FID and FPD Adsorption Rig | Profiles active adsorption of carbon and filters; specific for organic compounds, sulfur and phosphorus |
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| Static Adsorption Microbalance | Profiles passive adsorption of carbon and other materials |
| H2S Adsorption Apparatus | Profiles active adsorption of carbon and filters; specific for hydrogen sulfide |
| SO2 Adsorption Fluorescence Detector | Profiles active adsorption of carbon and filters; specific for sulfur dioxide |
| Humidity Chamber Testing | Evaluates the moisture time constant, disk drive humidity response, contact and near-contact stain testing |
| Moisture Isotherm Test Equipment | Measures the moisture isotherms of carbons and other materials |
| Chemical Vapor Clean-Up | Characterizes the drive-level vapor-contaminant clean up performance for different filter configurations |
| Adsorption Isotherm Test Equipment | Measures vapor adsorption isotherms on adsorbents for a wide variety of organic and inorganic compounds |
Particle Filtration Performance
| Particle Clean-Up Testing | Characterizes the drive-level particle-contaminant clean-up performance on discrete parts or in drive; uses polystyrene latex, sodium chloride or aluminum oxide particles |
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| Particle Filtration Efficiency Testing | Tests filter and filter-media efficiency using a TSI tester with dioctyl phthalate (DOP) particles |
Quality Assurance Analytic Testing
| Gas Chromatography with Mass Spectrometer | Separates, identifies and quantifies volatile and semi-volatile compounds on a sample; capabilities include dynamic headspace, direct injection and thermal desorption |
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| Ion Chromatography | Separates, identifies and quantifies anions, cations and organic acids on a sample |
| Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy | Identifies and quantifies nonvolatile organic residues in a component using IR (Infra Red) microscope and ATR (Attenuated Total Reflectance) capabilities within an integrated dual detector system (MCT and DTGS) in each instrument |
| Laser Liquid Particle Counter | Sizes and counts cumulative and differential particles from 0.2 to 200 microns in liquid samples |
Quality Assurance Analytical Testing
| Scanning Electron Microscope | Identifies and characterizes surface analysis of material |
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| Thermal Analysis: TGA and DSC | Characterizes and identifies thermal analysis for material |
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