Testing Dust Powder from LNG Bunkering Tanks of Vessels, Singapore

Posted by: Chemist Posted on: February 8, 2025

Enquiry:

We are looking for an accredited lab at Singapore to analyze the dust powder which we collected from our LNG bunkering tanks onboard one of our vessels, please revert with price and method of testing.

In particular, we need to analyze the dust for the following contents,

  1. Contamination with Nickel, because our tanks contains 9% Ni-Alloy
  1. Contamination with iron, carbon
  1. Contamination with Perlite (shore tanks). According to bibliography, the chemical composition of Perlite is : 70–75% Silicon Oxide:SiO2,12–15% Aluminium Oxide:Al2O3,3–4%Sodiumoxide:Na2O,3–5%Potashium Oxide: K2O,0.5-2% Ironoxide:Fe2O3,0.2– 0.7% Magnesium oxide:MgO,0.5–1.5% Calcium oxide CaO 3–5% loss on ignition (chemical / combined water).
  1. In addition, we believe that you shall include other components to investigate whether the source is the Shale, such as clay minerals, carbonate minerals,   quartz, iron oxides) .

One of our highly proficient and ISO certified laboratory would be taking over this job.

Should you have any similar requisites, do drop us email and we shall revert instantly -> [email protected].