A surface treatment agent is a reagent used to treat the surface of a material in a certain way to achieve a specific purpose such as improving the corrosion resistance, wear resistance, fatigue resistance, adhesion, electrical conductivity, optical properties, etc. It is widely used in automotive, aviation, aerospace, construction, electronics, medical and many other industries, and plays an important role in improving the performance and service life of materials. Deformulation of surface treatment agents is using a series of techniques to separate, identify and quantify individual components of a formulation of surface treatment agents. It provides specific information about the composition of formulated products and how these components interact, and is very popular in the field of surface treatment agents analysis and testing. Because by understanding which chemicals, substances or materials are incorporated into a formulation and how these constituent elements perform and interact can help researcher make decisions concerning product innovation, quality control, product performance improvement, imitation production, etc. Alfa Chemistry is committed to deformulation services for materials and chemical products, and has accumulated profound experience. Through dedicated, reliable and comprehensive separation and analysis means, any surface treatment agents can be qualitatively identified and quantitatively analyzed, thus providing scientific basis for your decisions. Moreover, we provide follow-up technical guidance according to customer needs.
What Deformulation Projects Can We undertake?
Typical deformulation projects we undertake include but are not limited to:
- Duplicating and recreating a new product recipe
- Analyzing the key components of product to strictly control product quality
- Improving product performance and cost gaps
- Understanding product patent infringement
- Analyzing the cause of product failure
- Understanding the composition and formulation design idea of competitor product
- Testing whether the product indexes meet the requirements
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What Surface Treatment Agents Can We Deformulate?
There are many types of surface treatment agents, and their formulation are countless. However, Alfa Chemistry's experience can assists leading innovators across surface treatment industries to deformulate a broad range of surface treatment agents, including:
- Metal surface treatment agents: cleaning agent, rust inhibitors, phosphating chemicals, degreasing agent, surface adjustment agent, chemical coating agent, rust removal agent, paint stripper agent, defoaming agent, electroplate liquid, chemical plating solution, sealing agent, passivation solution, ceramization agent, plating removal agent, cutting fluid, cutting oil, polishing agent, blackening agent, etching solution, etc.
- Non-metal surface treatment agents: Various surface treatment agents for plastic, glass, ceramic, concrete, leather, textile, rubber, wood, silicone, etc.
In addition, Alfa Chemistry can perform deformulation service on solvent-based, semi-solvent-based, water-based and emulsion-based surface treatment agents, and also can perform deformulation service on liquid, paste or powder samples.
With its wealth of experience and state-of-the-art analytical facilities, Alfa Chemistry's laboratory can deformulate almost all surface treatment chemicals.
Techniques and Instruments
Alfa Chemistry utilizes various techniques and instruments for deformulation of surface treatment chemicals, including but not limited to:
How We Proceed?
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