Dangerous Goods Laboratory Services

Dangerous Goods

Dangerous Goods, also known as hazardous materials, encompass a wide range of substances that pose risks to health, safety, property, or the environment during handling, storage, and transportation. Proper management of these materials is crucial for preventing accidents and ensuring regulatory compliance, with specific guidelines governing their classification, packaging, labeling, and transport across various modes of conveyance.

Dangerous Goods Testing and Research Services

Contract Laboratory can help you with all your Dangerous Goods testing, analysis, scientific research and development, inspection, certification, engineering, failure investigation, and product development needs including:

Compatibility Testing: Ensures that packaged goods do not react dangerously with each other or their packaging materials
Leakproofness Testing: Verifies the integrity of packaging to prevent leaks during transportation
Pressure Testing: Assesses the ability of containers to withstand changes in pressure
particularly for gases and aerosols
Toxicity Testing: Determines the hazardous effects of substances on health for proper classification and handling instructions

Type of Dangerous Goods Products

Contract Laboratory can assist your company, academic institution, government agency or organization in outsourcing contract laboratories to perform testing, analysis, and product development for many Dangerous Goods finished products, processes, systems, in-process materials, raw materials and components such as:

Explosives: Materials capable of producing an explosive or pyrotechnic effect
Gases: Compressed
liquefied
or dissolved gases that can be flammable
non-flammable
toxic
or inert
Flammable Liquids: Liquids that ignite easily at room temperature
Flammable Solids: Solids that are prone to spontaneous combustion or emit flammable gases when wet
Oxidizing Substances and Organic Peroxides: Compounds that can cause or enhance the combustion of other materials
Toxic and Infectious Substances: Materials that can cause death
injury
or harm to human health if swallowed
inhaled
or come into contact with skin
Radioactive Materials: Substances that emit ionizing radiation
Corrosives: Substances that can damage or destroy other materials upon contact
Miscellaneous Dangerous Goods: Items that pose risks not covered by other classifications
including environmentally hazardous substances

Dangerous Goods Test Methods and Standards

Contract Laboratory can help with testing, analysis, assays, evaluations, examinations, inspections and certifications to different Dangerous Goods test methods, standards, procedures or specifications.

ISO 13274 - Packaging - Transport packaging for dangerous goods - Plastics compatibility testing for packaging and IBCs
AS - Packaging - Packaging of dangerous goods
CSA B620 - Highway tanks and TC portable tanks for the transportation of dangerous goods
UL 1083 - Standard for Safety Household Electric Skillets and Frying-Type Appliances

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