Range of tests

LEOCHIMICA has always believed that controlling and thus safeguarding the external environment, as well as monitoring workplaces are essential elements in a modern company policy. The constant issuing of laws, regulations and directives both on a national and a community level, demonstrates this interest and testifies also the great attention paid by the legislators to environmental issues and workplace safety.

With this in mind LEOCHIMICA keeps renovating its equipment, takes acknowledgement of the latest methods of sampling and analysis and constantly applies them, subjects its staff to continuous training; this allows LEOCHIMICA to be a fundamental element in its reference national area in the matter of environment and security.

Currently our environmental laboratories are able to offer the widest choice of services, which ranges from public sector to industry, and includes waste classification and drinking water analysis.

The majority of the analysis performed by Leochimica may be placed into these categories:

• Standard chemical and microbiological analyses
• Control of efficiency of biological treatment plants
• Control of air conditioning plants and water pipes for the detection of legionella
• Determination of asbestos, silica, glass fibres and ceramics
• Determination of phenols, aldehydes, isocyanates and pesticides
• Gravimetric analysis (suspended solids, oils and fats)
• Spectrophotometric determination (nitrogen cycle, anions...)
• Colorimetric determination
• Potentiometric determination
• ICP analysis of metals
• Gas chromatographic analysis for the detection of PAHs, PCBs, PCTs, hydrocarbons
• Evaluation of toxicological parameters