Our analysis center at Kitakyushu Plant has established the good know-how and capability for elemental analysis with high accuracy and repeatability and open to all customers.
Analysis methods
Elemental analysis |
Fluorescent X-ray analysis, carbon, sulfur simultaneous analysis, and oxygen and nitrogen simultaneous analysis LECO (C,S,O,N) |
|---|---|
Impurity analysis |
Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrometer (ICP)、Atomic Emission Spectrometry (AES) |
Microstructure observation |
Scanning electron microscope (SEM ), Energy Dispersive X-ray Detector (EDX) |
Particle property Shimadzu |
Particle size distribution measurement (PSD) |
Table for analysis materials
| Analysis objects | Example of material |
|---|---|
| Steel materials | Pig iron, steel, mill scale, and pure iron etc. |
| Non-Ferrous metals | Metal chromium, rhenium, cobalt, aluminum, and zinc etc. |
| Ferroalloys | Ferrochrome and ferrotungsten etc. |
| Cemented tungsten carbide | WC/Co, WC/TiC-Co, WC/Co/Ni etc. |
| Scraps | Ni scraps, ferroalloy scraps, cemented carbide scraps, and various cutting sludges etc. |
Elemental Analysis
Wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence (WDXRF) (Primini type)
LECO-600 for analysis of C and S (CS-600 type)
LECO-600 for analysis of C and S (TC-600 type)
Impurity analysis
ICP (ICPS-8100 type)
AES (Z-2000 type)
Microstructure observation
Scanning electron microscope (SEM, JSM-6390) and Energy Dispersive X-ray Detector (EDX)
Particle distribution analysis
Shimadzu Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analyzer SALD-2200
