Tessenderlo Kerley

research and development

Backed by Research and Development Professionals

Bringing the Best Products to Our Customers

Tessenderlo Kerley's Research and Development Group is staffed with highly trained and experienced personnel. These trained professionals help us support the chemistry of our products and ultimately our customers' needs.

Our group's expertise ranges from organic synthesis, metallurgy and hydrometallurgy, organic and inorganic sulfur compounds, nitrogen slow release fertilizer solutions and waste stream remediation. We have an extensive background in soil fumigants including tetrathiocarbonate, metam sodium, metam potassium and related compounds.

Tessenderlo Kerley's laboratory in Tucson, Arizona, is equipped with modern instrumentation, including:

§ HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatograph)
§ GC (Gas Chromatograph)
 § GPC (Gel Permeation Chromatography)
 § GC-Mass Spectroscopy
 § ICAP (Inductively Coupled Argon Plasma)
 § AAS (Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy)
 § FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy)
 § GC-Mass (Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectroscopy)
 § UV-Vis (Ultra Violet-Visible Spectroscopy)
 § IC (Ion Chromatography)
 § Sulfur analyzers
 § Nitrogen analyzers
 § Kjeldhal analyzers
 § Karl-Fisher analyzer

In addition to the above, the Research and Development Group maintains reactors for pilot plant studies and the preparation of fine chemicals.

We also have the ability and knowledge associated with SO2 absorption columns.

We are dedicated to bringing the best products to our customers.