Carbon, Sulfur, Oxygen, Nitrogen and Hydrogen have a huge impact on the quality and properties of materials. They affect hardness, weldability, ductility, strength, and corrosion resistance to name a few. For steel, alloys, pure metals and ceramics, controlling the amount of these elements from incoming materials to final product is of utmost importance to guarantee their appropriate fit for final use. With decades of experience in design and manufacturing of elemental analyzers, HORIBA Scientific provides a full range of instruments with unique features and automation.

Several type of automation system can be selected depending on customer’ s needs

Various substitutes for bone materials have been researched and developed in orthopedic, clinic and surgical use today. In recent years, research has been actively conducted on bone prosthetic materials having a composition similar to living bone, and the need for a method of measuring carbon content in the materials is increasing.

There are vulcanization processes that include crosslinking reactions by adding sulfur into raw materials (raw rubber, etc.) to increase elasticity. In this process, a carbon/sulfur analyzer is used to accurately control the amount of sulfur added. In addition, steel cords are used as reinforcement for tires. In research and development or quality control of steel cords, carbon concentrations need to be measured to control the mechanical strength.