Hydrocarbon Testing
Ensure your environmental compliance and protect your reputation with Element's comprehensive hydrocarbon testing services. Get precise analysis of contamination in water, soil, and industrial samples from our state-of-the-art laboratories, helping you quickly identify and address free-floating, emulsified, or absorbed compounds before they become costly issues.
What is Hydrocarbon Testing at Element?
When you need to verify hydrocarbon levels in environmental and industrial samples, proper testing is essential for compliance and safety. Hydrocarbon testing identifies and measures these compounds in various matrices. At Element, we provide specialized testing to detect free-floating, emulsified, and absorbed hydrocarbons in water, soil, and other materials. Our services help environmental consultants, energy companies, municipalities, and industrial manufacturers analyze the concentrations of hydrocarbon compounds and make certain they meet regulatory guidelines.
What can Element offer you for hydrocarbon testing?
Materials We Test
Materials We Test
Whether you're concerned about stormwater, effluent water, industrial discharges, or soil samples, our testing ensures you identify contamination problems before they escalate. At Element, we analyze various environmental and industrial samples for hydrocarbon contamination, focusing on both high and low concentrations from manufacturing facilities, power generation plants, and municipal systems.
Key Tests Offered
Key Tests Offered
Gain complete visibility into potential contamination issues with our comprehensive detection capabilities. Our testing includes quantification of free-floating, emulsified, and absorbed hydrocarbons across different matrices.
Solutions Offered
Solutions Offered
Access industry-leading analytical precision to make confident decisions about environmental management and compliance. Element employs advanced analytical techniques using our state-of-the-art laboratories. We perform solvent extraction followed by Gas Chromatography (GC) with Flame Ionization Detector (FID) and Mass Spectrometer Detector (MSD) for volatile compounds. These precise methods provide accurate quantification of both high and low concentrations of hydrocarbon contamination to address your specific testing needs.
Materials we test
- Water samples (stormwater and effluent)
- Soil samples
- Industrial wastewater
- Municipal wastewater
- Manufacturing discharge samples
Your Challenges, Our Solutions
Complex regulatory compliance
Detecting contamination from spills
Continuous release monitoring
Environmental impact assessment
Element Experts at your service
Why Choose Element
Precise results you can trust
Specialized environmental support
Complete contamination picture
Advanced laboratory capabilities
Frequently asked questions
What types of hydrocarbon contamination can Element detect?
Element can identify and measure free-floating hydrocarbons (visible on water surfaces), emulsified hydrocarbons (mixed into water), and hydrocarbons absorbed to suspended solids. This comprehensive approach ensures all forms of contamination are accurately assessed and quantified.
How do hydrocarbons typically contaminate water and soil?
Hydrocarbons in water can come from spills, however, it is the low concentrations from the industrial sector, manufacturing, power generation plants, and municipal wastewater that cause low level and continuous release. For soil, contamination is becoming more common across the globe and can subsequently allow hydrocarbons to enter the human food chain.
Why is testing for hydrocarbons in soil important?
Soil contamination by hydrocarbons is increasing globally and presents serious environmental risks. Hydrocarbons can migrate from contaminated soil into underground water sources, potentially entering the human food chain and spreading throughout the ecosystem, creating far-reaching environmental impacts.
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