Scope of testing

What we’ll stand behind.

Every test runs to a written, validated method, with results traced back from the raw data and kept on record.

A statement of scope — not an accreditation badge

Our scope says exactly what we determine and how. It isn’t a third-party accreditation. Every result is traced from the raw data, and a certificate reports only the tests you asked for, on the technique stated.

Identity and make-up are confirmed with more than one independent method, so no single reading carries the whole conclusion.

  • Lyophilised peptides
  • Small-molecule research chemicals
  • Solutions & reconstituted material
  • Dosed forms
  • Matrix-bound material
  • Reference standards

What we measure, and how we report it.

TestTechniqueReported as
IdentityLC-MS (HRMS), FT-IRMatch to declared structure & mass
Purity & impuritiesRP-HPLC-UVArea percent
Content / assayHPLC-UV% of label, vs. reference standard
WaterKarl Fischer% w/w
Counter-ionIon chromatography% w/w
Residual solventsGCppm
Metals & elementsICP-MS / ICP-OESppm, element by element
Bacterial endotoxinLALEU/mg or EU/mL

Outside this list? We can often arrange custom work — describe the compound and the question first. Results apply to the material as we received it.

Not sure what applies to your compound?

Tell us what you need to establish and we’ll confirm the scope before anything begins.

Email the lab