In Situ Chemical Analysis

Material composition is critical to a material’s machinability, durability and stability in its intended use.  As products have diversified, we’ve seen a surge of new alloys, coatings, polymers and emerging materials including fiber-reinforced composites and ceramics. Manufacturers are constantly developing lighter, stronger and more heat, chemical and exposure resistant alloys/materials designed to meet a variety of specific end uses. These may include renewable or recycled materials, making composition and material properties more challenging to identify and control.

Today, AEIS have portable OES equipment which can be brought to a remote site to produce an elemental chemical analysis on in-situ large sections of samples or where it is not feasible to cut out a sample to send to the laboratory.

With the advancement in electronics and optics, we are able to perform precise analysis of elements in metal alloys. The high resolution optics with closed carbon fiber construction provides stable measuring results, even with motion and temperature.