Equipment & Facilities

At UK HERI we have two dedicated laboratories including; dedicated chemistry, biotechnology and material laboratories.

• Supercritical fluid extraction
• High performance liquid chromatography
• Gas chromatography
• UV-Vis spectroscopy
• Infra-red spectroscopy
• Differential scanning calorimeter
• Moisture analysis
• Environmental analysis including COD, BOD, TOC, pH, turbidity, conductivity
• Material characterisation including differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
• Mechanical testing including tensile, impact, compression and flexural
• Plastics testing including melt flow and heat deflection
• Injection moulding and extrusion facilities