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About MRL
Materials Research Laboratories, Inc. (MRL) was organized to provide a wide range of materials analysis services to high technology dependent industries both nationally and internationally. The intent of the company is to make use of state-of-the-art instrumentation for materials analysis to provide clients in industry, government and academia the best possible analytical data for the study of materials related problems. Currently, our in-house capabilities include x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS/ESCA), ion scattering spectroscopy (ISS), high-resolution scanning Auger microscopy (SAM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), selected area electron diffraction (SAED), energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS), infrared spectroscopy/microscopy (FTIR/microFTIR), laser Raman spectroscopy/microscopy (LRS/microLRS), ultraviolet/visible/near infrared spectroscopy (UV/VIS/NIR), residual gas analysis (RGA), metallography, light microscopy (LM), microtomy, gas/liquid chromatography (GC), ion chromatography (IC), physical testing (tensile/shear/etc.) and x-ray diffraction (XRD). Other available techniques include wavelength dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (WDS), scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), emission spectroscopy (DCP/ICP), x-ray fluorescence (XRF), atomic absorption spectroscopy (AA), gas/liquid chromatography/mass spectroscopy (GC/LC/MS), thermal analysis (DSC/DTA/TGA), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), secondary ion and laser ionization mass spectroscopies (SIMS/LIMS) and time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy (ToFSIMS). All out-of-house analytical services are conducted by or under the direction of MRL staff at facilities with whom arrangements have been made to share and exchange analytical capabilities.
The intent of MRL is not simply to supply analytical data for its clients but to provide all necessary experimental design and data interpretation and to produce a clear and concise report of all studies in answer to specific materials related research & development, quality control and/or failure analysis projects/problems. Current staff represents forty years of experience in the contract analytical services/problem solving field. The staff is familiar with the study of numerous materials systems and with nearly all of the currently available analytical techniques along with the strengths and weaknesses of each method. MRL can identify the experimental procedure most likely to produce the needed results and has the flexibility to quickly provide the services required.
The staff of MRL is affiliated with numerous scientific and professional societies and makes every effort to keep abreast of advances in the materials analysis field. With our emphasis on addressing specific experimental considerations, the right technique is applied to the right project and experiments remain flexible as results are obtained and interpreted.