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Substrate Analysis for Home and Personal Care Products

Industries serviced: Chemicals; Consumer Goods and Retail

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Analysis of the interaction between Home and Personal Care products and their intended substrates.

Using a powerful combination of topographical and chemical analysis using a range of techniques, Intertek is able to help clients to understand how products interact with the intended substrate. This is very powerful for providing product claim support data to prove efficacy and differentiate products in the marketplace. Typical example substrates include skin, fabrics, hair and hard surfaces. The work is often used to prove that a product has an advantage over a competitors formulation or to determine the most effective formulation during product development.

Substrate analysis covers a wide range of Personal Care and Home Product applications and compounds, including:

  • Skin analysis using Tape stripping to determine active levels e.g. aluminium
  • Hair analysis – structure determination using microscopy to show damage or repair
  • Saliva analysis and plaque analysis for ingredients such as Triclosan
  • Fluoride, Zinc determined in a variety of substrates
  • FTIR-ATR analysis of skin to determine presence of specific organic species
  • Biopsy analysis of scalp tissue
  • Hair dye analysis, deposition and ingress into the hair core
  • Deposition of inorganic actives (e.g. silicones) on hair or fabrics using XRF
  • Frizz and shine testing on hair samples to evaluate effectiveness of product
     

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