AMSA, Inc. is a small company with manufacturing, sales & product support capabilities, but also like many larger corporations is committed to research & development for product line extensions, formulation development, and new active ingredients.
Technical staff
AMSA technical staff is comprised of scientists experienced in the fields of:
| Industrial water treatment | Petroleum microbiology | |
| Biocide active development | Chemical product and process development | |
| Organic chemical synthesis | Analytical chemistry | |
| Microbiological testing | Corrosion testing | |
| Slow release technology | Polymer synthesis and development |
Laboratory Capabilities
Analysis of active ingredients for product development and customer support
- HPLC - High performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence, UV, and refractive index detection
- GC - Gas chromatography with thermal conductivity and flame ionization detection
- IR - Infrared spectrophotometry - Fourier transform, attenuated total reflectance capability
- UV/Vis - Ultraviolet/visible spectrophotometry
Corrosion evaluation for new product development
- Open and closed loop cooling tower simulators equipped with dual probe instantaneous corrosion detectors and traditional static corrosion coupon rack
Custom formulation development
- Determination of chemical component interaction and stability. Determination of overall formulation stability and performance evaluation