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Testing Laboratories > Fuels, oils & lubricants

• Gas
  • Liquefied petroleum gas
  • Natural gas
• Liquid Biofuels & Biodiesel
  • Chemical
• Matches & lighters
  • Child-resistance
• Petroleum products & lubricants/ oils/ greases
  • Acidity/ alkalinity/ acid base number/ basicity/ conductivity/ neutralisation value/ pH
  • Ageing/ corrosiveness/ oxidation/ storage stability/air release value/corrosion
  • Aniline point/ cetane value
  • Anti-friction/ anti-wear/ lubricity
  • Appearance/ colour/ haze/ miscibility/ odour/ refractive index/bromide number/marker dyes
  • Asphaltene/heptane insolubles
  • Boiling range/ distillation/ vapour pressure
  • Calorific value
  • Carbon banding/hydrocarbons
  • Carbon content/ carbon(ate) residue/ char value/ residue/ iodine value
  • Churning tendencies/ consistency/ penetration
  • Cloud/ fire/ burning/ handling/ pour point/ congealing point
  • Demulsification number/miscibility
  • Distillation vapour pressure
  • Dropping point
  • Electric strength/ breakdown
  • Elemental analysis
  • Extreme pressure props/ rolling bearing performance
  • Filterablity/ filter blocking/ plugging/ pumpability/filtration
  • Flash/ freezing/ melting/ evaporation/ smoke point/icing inhibitor
  • Foaming characteristics/ saponification
  • Hydrocarbon types/oxygenates
  • Metals/ solids/ particulates/ sediment salt/impurities
  • Octane number
  • Other tests
  • Performance evaluation
  • Seal compatibility/compatibility
  • Sediment
  • Specific gravity/ viscosity
  • Statutory road fuel markers
  • Sulphur/ sulphurated ash/ hydrogen sulphide/doctor test
  • Water content/ water reaction/ washout characteristics
  • Waxing/ dewaxing/gum existant/potential gum
• Petroleum Products: Aviation Fuel
  • Jet A-1
• Processed fuel oil / Burner fuel
  • Chemical & physical testing
  • Sampling
• Refinery gas composition
  • Hydrocarbon content
• Solid Biofuels & Biomass
  • Chemical
  • Physical
• Solid fuels (coal, coke, peat, etc)
  • Ash content
  • Calorific value
  • Chemical analysis
  • Coking power
  • Fouling factor
  • Fusibility
  • Micum & Irsid indices
  • Moisture content
  • Other tests
  • Slagging index
  • Specific gravity
  • Swelling properties