Physical & Thermal Testing Services
Lucideon can determine a wide range of physical properties on raw materials, semi-finished, or finished products. Many tests are UKAS ISO 17025:2017 accredited to documented methods, international standards, or customised procedures.
Whatever the specification, the testing is to the highest standards using transparent, traceable, calibrated approaches by highly qualified and experienced technical staff.
Thermal testing can range from measuring properties at modest temperatures through to high temperatures (up to 1650oC / 3000°F) to show fitness for purpose in harsh and corrosive environments. Customised testing regimes can be developed to proof test products in a wide range of industrial applications.
Examples of some of Lucideon's physical and thermal tests are shown below.
Refractories and raw materials
- Abrasion resistance
- Carbon monoxide attack
- Crushing strength
- Dimensions
- Fired shrinkage
- Modulus of rupture
- Permanent linear change
- Plasticity
- Porosity
- Refractoriness
- Sieve grading
- Thermal shock
- Density
- Change in dimensions
- Creep
- Erosion of fibres
- Flexural strength
- Particle size
- Permeability
- Pore size distribution
- Pyrometric cone equivalent
- Refractoriness-under-load
- Surface area
- Specific heat
- Vitrification
Building products
- Bending strength
- Capillary absorption test
- Density
- Drying shrinkage
- Flexural strength
- Water absorption
- Moisture movement
- Reaction to fire
- Voids
- Thermal properties
- Vapour permeability
- Bond strength
- Compressive strength
- Dimensions
- Efflorescence
- Freeze thaw
- Water suction
- Nib support
- Sand grading
- Tensile splitting
- Transverse strength
Tiles, adhesives and grouts
- Breaking load
- Colour differences
- Abrasion resistance
- Flexural strength
- Impact resistance
- Moisture expansion
- Rectangularity
- Shear strength
- Slip resistance
- Tensile strength
- Thermal shock
- Water absorption
- Chemical resistance
- Crazing resistance
- Dimensions
- Frost resistance
- Modulus of rupture
- Adhesive open time
- Staining
- Slip
- Surface quality
- Thermal expansion
- Thermal conductivity
- Transverse strength
» Tableware, Tiles & Sanitaryware Testing
Tableware
- Annealing
- Crazing resistance
- Edge chipping resistance
- Freezer resistance
- Freezer-to-oven resistance
- Handle strength
- Heat transfer
- Metal marking
- Minimum wall thickness
- Stability
- Thermal shock - boiling water
- Translucency
- Centre impact resistance
- Dishwasher resistance
- Fragmentation
- Freezer-to-microwave resistance
- Handwashing
- Handle temperature
- Knob and handle temperature
- Microwave oven resistance
- Pouring and lid fit
- Thermal shock - oven
- Thermal shock - tempered / toughened glass
- Water absorption