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Our pharmaceutical capabilities

LGC is equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation for complex and high accuracy analysis, and maintains close links with instrument suppliers and the science base to ensure early adoption of new technology. Our members of staff have, between them, wide-ranging, specialist and in-depth analytical experience. The technologies used at LGC include, but are not limited to:

Advanced sample preparation

  • Solvent Extraction including Automated Solvent Extraction (ASE)
  • Soxhlet and Soxtect
  • Solid phase extraction
  • Microwave

Separation science

  • High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) coupled to UV, light scattering
  • Gas Chromatography (GC) with Flame Ionisation (FID
  • Nitrogen Phosphorus (NPD) and Electron Capture (ECD) detection Head Space Gas Chromatography
  • Capillary Electrophoresis (CE) coupled to UV, Fluorescence
  • Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS)
  • LC-MSn
  • Gas chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS)
  • Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC)


Advanced Mass spectrometry

  • Capillary Electrophoresis-Mass Spectrometry (CE-MS)
  • Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS-MS)
  • 2D Gas chromatography Time-of flight Mass Spectrometry (GC-TOF-MS)
  • 2D Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS-MS)
  • Liquid Chromatography – Quadrapole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (LC-QTOF-MS)
  • Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionisation Time of Flight MS (MALDI-TOF-MS)
  • Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry (FT-ICR-MS)


Spectroscopy

  • Spectroscopy Fourier Transform-Infra Red (FT-IR)
  • Raman Ultraviolet (UV)
  • Fluorescence Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)


Particle characterisation

  • Particle size (Dry and Wet systems)
  • Optical microscopy Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
  • Surface area determination
  • Porosimetry
  • Density


Microscopic imaging

  • High resolution SEM (Field emission)
  • Energy dispersive X-Ray detection
  • Backscattered electron detection FT-IR micro spectrometry
  • Raman micro spectrometry Optical microscopy / Image analysis


Morphology and thermal analysis

  • X-ray Diffraction (XRD)
  • Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
  • Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)
  • Sorption studies
  • Moisture content


Inorganic analysis

  • Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) with Optical Emission Spectroscopy (OES)
  • Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) with MS detection
  • Atomic Absorption (AA) Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption (GF-AA)
  • X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF)
  • LC/GC ICP-MS


Organic Microanalysis

  • Carbon Hydrogen Nitrogen analysis (CHN)
  • Low level Nitrogen, Sulphur and Chlorine


Measurement of ions in solution

  • Electrochemical methods
  • Ion chromatography


Classical Analysis

  • Karl Fischer
  • Titrimetry
  • Wet Chemical Analysis
  • Colorimetry


 

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Contact details

For more information, contact

Madhu Mittra
+44 (0)20 8943 7580
pharmaceuticals@lgcgroup.com

General:
+44 (0) 208 943 7000
info@lgc.co.uk