Product Chemistry
The company routinely provides preliminary analysis and complete raw material characterization studies for product registration and QC testing to identify active ingredients and potential impurities. They also conduct certified limits assays for labeling requirements.
Available physical and chemical characteristics tests include:
- Color
- Physical state
- Odor
- Melting point
- Boiling
- Density, bulk density, specific gravity
- Solubility
- Dissociation constant
- Residual testing (EtO, formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde)
- Octanol/water partition coefficient
- pH
- Stability
- Oxidizing/reducing properties
- Flammability/flash point
- Storage stability
- Viscosity
- Miscibility
- Corrosion characteristics
- Purity analysis
Residue Chemistry
The company provides specialized services to the pesticide industry, including chemical identity and composition of a pesticide and quantitative data on the amount of residues remaining on or in treated crops.
GLP Characterization of Test, Control and Reference Substances
The company is able to provide information relative to the identity, strength, purity, and composition of test and control articles. They can also provide testing services to meet characterization requirements. Some examples include:
- Karl-Fisher water analysis
- Infrared spectroscopy
- UV/VIS Spectroscopy
- Full HPLC/GC and GC/MS analyses
These services also support the company's fate chemistry laboratory, which conducts studies to asses the biodegradation and ecological fate of pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and pesticides in the environment.
Toxikon Corporation, 15 Wiggins Ave., Bedford, MA 01730. Tel: 781-275-3330. Fax: 781-271-1133.