Products & Services
Optical Characterisation of Materials products & services
- NPL offers a range of measurement services related to the appearance characteristics of a surface, which can be tailored to individual customer requirements through technical discussion
- NPL and CERAM research have a long history in the development of ceramic colour standards.
- NPL offers a range of measurement services related to the appearance characteristics of a surface, which can be tailored to individual customer requirements through technical discussion.
- More detailed information on the range of measurement services related to the appearance characteristics of a surface which NPL offers.
- Measurements are made using a scanning spectrophotometer fitted with an integrating sphere accessory.
- Measurements are made on high quality commercial scanning spectrophotometers whose instrument scales are traceable to national standards.
- Measurements of gloss can be carried out for any flat or pseudo-flat reflecting object.
- More detailed information on the measurements of gloss that can be carried out for any flat or pseudo-flat reflecting object.
- So-called gonio-apparent materials are materials whose visual appearance changes significantly depending on the angle at which they are illuminated or viewe
- Measurements of haze can be made for any flat or pseudo-flat transmitting material.
- Infrared optical properties are important across a range of applications.
- NPL offers a range of transmittance standards for use as calibration standards for spectrophotometers.
- NPL has been supplying individually calibrated wavenumber standards for use as part of customers’ QA/QC practice since 1992 and has subsequently achieved UKAS Accreditation (Calibration No 0478SI) for this service.
- NPL can provide and has helped to develop a range of different reflectance standards.
- Measurements of haze can be made for any flat or pseudo-flat transmitting material.
- Standard measurements are made on a high quality commercial scanning spectrophotometer whose instrument scales are traceable to national standards.
- NPL offers a suite of texture and pattern analysis algorithms facilitating a comprehensive description of the spatial variation over a surface.
- NPL is able to make regular transmittance measurements from 200 nm to 3000 nm.