From A to Z: Materials we’ve tested
We have tested thousands of materials and material mixtures or ingredient combinations, everything from ores and minerals to chemicals and petrochemicals, from foods and grains to pharmaceuticals and hazardous materials. We’ve tested it all, including the following:
Adipic acid | Limestone |
5-sodiusulfo isophthalic acid | Limestone powder |
Acetylene black | Limestone sand |
Acrawax | Limestone sorbent |
Acrylic regrind | Limestone with oil |
Albaglos | Limestone, high calcium |
Almonds | Lithium carbonate |
Alumina | Lithium cobalt dioxide |
Alumina, calcined | Low ethylene |
Aluminum | Magnesium aluminum oxide |
Aluminum oxide | Magnesium hydroxide |
Aluminum powder | Magnetite |
Aluminum, hydrated | Manganese dioxide |
Ammonium | Manganese tetraoxide |
Ammonium octamolybdate | Marshmallows |
Ammonium sulfate | Matricast |
Amorphous calcium silicate | MDF waste |
Analgesics | Meat pieces |
Anchovies | Melamine |
Animal feed | Melamine crystals |
Antibiotics | Metal powder |
Anti-depressants | Methylcellulose |
Anti-foam powder | Methylsulfonymethane |
Anti-hypertensives | Mica |
Anti-inflammatories | Microthene |
APET | Midds |
Aspartame | Mill feed |
Asphaltene | Minusil |
Baby formula | Molybdenum trioxide |
Bahama sand | Molybdic acid |
Bamboo chips | Molyoxide |
Barley | Molysulfide |
Barley, rolled | Monoammonium phosphate |
Bauxite ore | Mono-ammonium phosphate |
Bentonite | Monomer |
Bioash | MSM |
Birch chips | Mustard flour |
Bisphenol | Naugard |
Bisphenol flake | Niacinamide |
Bisphenol powder | Nickel |
Bisphenol prill | Nickel copper calcined concentrate |
Bitmac | Niol |
Black iron oxide | NOBS |
Black phenol | Novadelox |
Blueberries | Oatmeal |
Boric acid | Oats |
Boron nitrate | Oil sand |
Borosilicate glass | Organo-metallic salts |
Bottom ash | Ore fines |
Bran | Ore, calcined |
Bromated polystyrene | Oxalic acid |
Bromide compounds | Paint |
CAB-O-SIL | Paint pigments |
Caffeine | Paper pulp |
Cake mix | Para-dichlorobenzene |
Calcium carbonate | Paxon polymer |
Calcium carbonate, precipitated | PCR |
Calcium phosphate | Peanuts |
Calcium silicate | Pectin |
Calcium stearate | Pentahydrate |
Candy powder | Pentylamine hydrobromide |
Captan | Pet coke |
Carbon | Pet coke fines |
Carbon black | Pet coke flour |
Carbon, activated | Pet coke, pulverized |
Carbowax | PHA |
Carboxylic acid | Pharmaceutical blends |
Cariflex elastomer | Pharmaceuticals, proprietary |
Casein | Phenyl-alpha-napthylamine |
Cedar chips | Phosphate |
Celcon flake | Phosphate rock |
Cellulose | Phosphorous pentasulfide |
Cement | Phosphorus pentoxide |
Ceramic pigments | PIA |
Cereal mixes | Pine chips |
Cereal preforms | Pitch |
Char hog | Plaster |
Chemstone | Plastic resin |
Chocolate | Poly vinyl chloride |
Chrome ore | Polycarbonate powder |
Citric acid anhydrous | Polydextrose |
Clay | Polyester |
Clay shale mix | Polyester fiber |
Cleanser powder | Polyethylene |
Clinker dust | Polyethylene glycol |
Coal | Polyhydoxyalkanoate |
Coal fines | Polymer, super absorbent |
Coal stoker | Polymers |
Coal, crushed | Polyolefin |
Coal, pulverized | Polyphenylsulfone |
Cobalt catalyst | Polypropylene |
Cobalt powder | Polypropylene copolymer |
Cocoa | Polystyrene |
Coffee | Polystyrene, high impact |
Coffee creamer | Potash |
Coke | Potassium chloride |
Cookie mix | Potato plakes |
Copper concentrate | Powder coating |
Copper concentrate dust | Protein caseinate |
Copper concentrate filter cake | Protein whey concentrate |
Copper flake | Purified isophthalic acid |
Copper matte | PVC |
Copper ore | PVC resin |
Copper powder | Quartzite |
Copper slag | Quick lime |
Corn fiber | RADEL |
Corn flakes | Raisins |
Corn flour | Raw mix, raw meal |
Corn gluten | Red iron oxide |
Corn grits | Rexene |
Corn starch | Rice |
Corn, rolled | Rice bran |
Corterra polymer | Rice flour |
Cotton flock | Rice hulls |
Cottonwood chips | Rice, instant |
Croutons | River sediment |
Cupric sulfate pentahydrate | Roofing granules |
Cuprous chloride | Salad mix |
DCB | Salt |
Dendritic salt | Salt flake |
Detergent | Salt guar |
Dextrose | Salt, celery |
Dicarboxylic acid | Salt, garlic |
Dichloro benzidene chloride | Salt, onion |
Dimethylsulfate | Salt, seasoned |
Dimethyltryptamin | Sand |
Di-Penta | Santocure |
Di-pentaerythritol | SAP |
Dis per-sul pastille | Sawdust, wet and dry |
DMT | Sedatives |
Dog food | Shale |
Doh-tone | Silica |
Dolomite | Silica beer gel |
Drink mixes | Silica dioxide |
Dri-Vibe | Silica fines |
Dry milk | Silica flux |
EAF dust | Silica gel |
EDTA | Silica grind |
Eethylenebisstearamide | Silica, fumed |
Egg protein | Sludge |
Egg yolk | Soap flakes |
Elastomer | Soap noodles |
Electrolyte manganese dioxide | Soap powder |
Epon resin | Soda ash |
Epoxy resin | Soda, caustic |
Erythoric acid | Sodium bicarbonate |
ESA | Sodium carbonate |
ESP | Sodium cyanide |
Ethylendiaminetetraacetic acid | Sodium ferrite |
Ethylene vinyl acetate | Sodium metabisulfate |
Eucalyptus chips | Sodium phosphate |
Eutectic salt | Sodium sequicarbonate |
EVA | Sodium sulfate |
Exopolysaccharide | Sodium tripolyphosphate |
Explosives | Solka Floc |
Ferro nickel ore | Sorbitol |
Fertilizer | Soup mix |
Film fines | Soy baby formula |
Fir chips | Soy bean meal |
Flavorings | Soy beans |
Flocculant | Soy flour |
Flour | Soy protein isolate |
Flour, hard wheat | Spinel |
Flour, rice | Sponge nickel catalyst |
Flour, soft wheat | Stainless steel powder |
Fluidized gas gypsum | Starch |
Fluorspar (flourite) | Stearic acid |
Fly ash | Stucco |
Fly ash, pugged | Sucrose |
Food additives | Sugar, apple cinnamon |
Foundry sand dust | Sugar, brown |
Fungal amylase | Sugar, granulated |
Fungicide | Sugar, maple |
Gas gypsum | Sugar, powdered |
Glass batch with cullet | Sulfone monomer |
Glass batch without cullet | Sulfur |
Glass batch, leaded | Supro |
Glass filiment | Sylodent |
Glass mix, salt loaded zeolite | Synthetic gypsum |
Glucitol sugar alcohol | Synthetic magnetite |
Glucose | Tailings |
Glyphosate | Talc |
Gold ore | Teflon |
Granite | Terephthalic acid |
Graphite | Tetrabrom |
Gravy mix | TFPP |
Grit-O’Cobs | Tire shreds |
Grits | Titanium dioxide |
Grits mixes | Titanium oxide |
Grout | Titanium oxide slag |
GUAR | Titanium slag |
Gun powder | Tobacco |
GUR polymer | Toilet bowl cleaner |
Gypsum | Toner |
Gypsum, synthetic | Trona |
HBDC | Tetrakis pentaflurophenyl porphyrin |
HDPE powder | Tuffcoat |
Hearthcast | Tungsten carbide powder |
Hexabromocyclododecane | Urea |
High density polyethylene | Vanilla beans |
HIPS | Vector elastomer |
Hogged fuel | Vermiculate |
Hormones | Vitamin components |
Hot chocolate mix | Wheat bran |
Hydrous gel | Wire, chopped |
Ibuprofen | Wood bark |
Impact polypropylene | Wood chips |
Irganox | Wood fiber |
Iron chelate | Wood flour |
Iron ore | Wood pulp fiber |
Iron oxide | Wood pulp, acidic and non acidic |
Iron oxide, synthetic | Wood waste |
Isodecanol | Xanthan powder |
Kaolin | Yeast |
Kivcet | Yellow 5 |
Kraton elastomer | Zein |
Lactose | Zeolite |
Lamplaster | Zeolite powder |
Langbenite | Zinc concentrate |
L-aspartic acid | Zinc oxide |
Lexan powder | Zinc powder |
Lignite | Zircon flour |
Lignite fines | Zircon mineral sand |
Lime | Zirconium sand |
Lime, hydrated | Zirconium silicate |