Our Laboratory

A world-class microbial and corrosion testing laboratory in Perth.

Corrosion Testing and Laboratory Services

TECHT has established a Corrosion Testing Laboratory in Technology Park (Bentley, WA). 

Our world-class corrosion testing facility complies with Australian Standards and meets the requirements for certification of a Physical Containment Level 2 (PC2) laboratory.

The laboratory provides government agencies and industry with local testing capability for corrosion, microbiological and biofilm testing.

TECHT’s laboratory follows Australian safety and international standards, including:

Corrosion Testing

Precise corrosion testing using the latest industry techniques.

TECHT Corrosion Testing

  • Immersion Testing
  • Electrochemical Testing
    • Linear polarisation resistance (LPR)
    • Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS)
    • Cyclic voltammetry (CV)
  • Corrosion Inhibitor Testing 
  • Customised Corrosion Testing
  • Pitting and Crevice Corrosion Testing

TECHT MIC Testing

  • Sampling Kits: DNA & MPN
  • Microbiology Contamination
  • MIC Detection Methods
    • Molecular Biology Testing and NGS
    • BioChemical Testing
    • MIC Detection for Coupons: Corrosion coupons and side stream devices
  • BioFilm Testing
    • Biofilm Advanced Microscopy
    • Sessile Cell Quantification
  • Biocide Effectiveness Test
  • MIC Electrochemical Testing
  • Customise fit for purpose
  • MIC Services

Microbiological Influenced Corrosion (MIC) Testing

TECHT MIC industry-leading test practices are backed and interpreted by our in-house experts.

Corrosion Coupon Analysis

Corrosion coupon analysis is undertaken in accordance with AMPP SP0775-2013 and AMPP TM0212-2018.

TECHT Corrosion Testing

  • Immersion Testing
  • Electrochemical Testing
    • Linear polarisation resistance (LPR)
    • Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS)
    • Cyclic voltammetry (CV)
  • Corrosion Inhibitor Testing 
  • Customised Corrosion Testing
  • Pitting and Crevice Corrosion Testing

TECHT Coating Testing

  • Adhesion (pull-off) testing
  • Cathodic disbondment test
  • Coating qualification test
  • Chemical resistance tests
  • Failure investigations on coatings
  • Third-party independent coating screening tests
  • Third Party Inspection and witness for coating activity

Protective Coating (Paint) Testing

TECHT’s standard and custom coating tests provide certainty and confidence in the coating system.

 

Concrete Testing 

Ensuring durability through industry best practice concrete testing services.

TECHT Concrete Testing

  • Compressive strength and density
  • Chloride ion content
  • Carbonation depth
  • Sulphate ion content
  • Cement content
  • Calcium carbonate testing
  • Alkali aggregate reaction (AAR)

TECHT R&D

  • Prototyping and testing of new concepts
  • Collaboration with academia and industry partners
  • Custom laboratory services
  • Third-party verification testing
  • Environment replication and simulation studies
  • Product development
  • Custom experiment design

Research, Development & Innovation

TECHT can handle all your research, development, and innovation on your behalf. 

Working together to innovate tomorrow’s corrosion solutions.

Testimonials

Let us help you decide on what tests are right for; to get the best outcomes, from design & sampling through to interpretation.