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Can I get a chemical tested in a lab?

  • 28-09-2021 09:05AM
    #1
    maeve99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 ✭


    I bought a cream from abroad but I'm skeptical that it contains what the ingredients say on the tube. I spent quite a lot of money on it and don't want to throw it out.

    Can I get it sent to a lab for chemical anaylsis? I know these companies usually do it for other businesses but I'd like it done personally.



Comments

  • #2
    c montgomery
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,155 ✭✭✭c montgomery


    What do you want it tested for, as in what chemicals?

    What do you think it contains vs what it says it contains.

    It's not as easy or cheap as you may be thinking.



  • #3
    markmoto
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 788 ✭✭✭markmoto


    Look into US base labs that are commercially runs for general public.



  • #4
    10-10-20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 10,141 ✭✭✭✭10-10-20


    Inquire with some of the larger universities, they all have Material Science labs and do often provide analysis as a service. It may be a Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry machine which would do this.



  • #5
    FishOnABike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,237 ✭✭✭FishOnABike


    Are you looking for a complete analysis to identify all the constituent ingredients and check that there isn't anything you wouldn't want in it?

    Someone might be able to give a ballpark figure for what that type of analysis would cost but I'd be surprised if it would make financial sense unless you were analysing a sample from a bulk shipment.



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