OECD 102 Testing of Chemicals - Melting Point - Standard Test for Melting Range

EUROLAB, with its state-of-the-art accredited laboratories and expert team, provides precise and fast testing services within the scope of OECD 102 testing. These test guidelines describe several methods and devices for determining the temperature or temperature range of phase transition from solid to liquid state or from liquid to solid state.

The melting point is defined as the temperature at which the phase transition from the solid to the liquid state occurs at atmospheric pressure. It is significantly affected by impurities. The choice of a particular method depends mainly on the physical aggregation state of the sample and whether the substance is pulverized easily, with difficulty, or not pulverized at all.

The methods are: capillary/liquid bath, capillary/metal block, kofler hot rod, melt microscopy, differential thermal analysis and differential scanning calorimetry, freezing temperature and pour point.

The OECD guidelines for testing chemicals are a collection of approximately 150 of the most relevant internationally recognized test methods used by government, industry and independent laboratories to identify and characterize the potential hazards of chemicals. They are a set of tools for professionals used primarily in regulatory safety testing and then in chemical and chemical product declaration, chemical registration and chemical evaluation.

EUROLAB assists manufacturers with OECD 102 test compliance. Our test experts, with their professional working mission and principles, provide you, our manufacturers and suppliers, the best service and controlled testing process in our laboratories. Thanks to these services, businesses receive more effective, high-performance and quality testing services and provide safe, fast and uninterrupted service to their customers.