Analytical Services
Pre-treatment chemical customers benefit from Henkel's analytical services team. Delivery of timely and accurate sample analyses and reports are key advantages of Henkel’s analytical services.

Henkel’s 16 analytical services employees brings an average of more than 11 years of experience to the lab. Three members of the analytical services team hold doctoral degrees, two have masters of science degrees and the remaining 11 have earned at least one bachelor’s degree. This dedicated team performs a variety of analyses on process solutions, parts and contaminants. Using Henkel’s lab information management system, the analytical services team maintains an efficient flow of information to the customer, including tracking results by product, customer and line number.

Henkel’s comprehensive analytical services include, but are not limited to:

• Pre-treatment coating characterization by coating weights
• SEM and x-ray diffraction
• Process solution analysis
• Failure analysis
• Organic component identification and characterization

Testing Equipment
The breadth and scope of Henkel’s analytical equipment is unmatched by any other automotive pre-treatment supplier, offering a variety of test types to customers. This equipment includes, but is not limited to:

• Two variable pressure scanning electron microscopes with EDX analyzers
• Two stereomicroscopes and a metallograph with multiple imaging modes
• Image capture, annotation and archival on SEM and optical microscopes
• X-ray diffractometer for p ratios and crystalline material identification
• Three gas chromatographs for solvent and fatty acid analysis
• Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry for volatile organic compound identification
• Two liquid chromatograph-mass spectrometers for soluble organic characterizations
• High-performance liquid chromatography for organic quantitation
• Elemental analysis by atomic absorption, ICP (2) and x-ray fluorescence methods
• Portable and floor model wavelength dispersive x-ray fluorescence analyzers
• Ion chromatography for anion analysis of phosphating solutions
• Coating weights by gravimetric and x-ray fluorescence methods
• UV/visible spectrometer for component analysis
• Specific ion meters for pH and anion analysis
• Karl-Fischer titrator for water analysis
• Two autotitrators and manual titrations for process solution analysis
• Moisture analyzer for volatile content
• Closed and opened cup flash point apparatus
• Conductivity meter
• Refractometer for refractive index measurement
• FTIR spectroscopy with multiple sampling devices for organic material identification