Sydney Laboratory Services

Site

Melbourne Laboratory

Accreditation No.

14664

Site No.

24940

Date of Accreditation

13 May 2024

Address

Unit 3, 55 Chelmsford Street
Williamstown North, VIC 3016
Australia

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Contact

Mr Bassem Malas P: +61 0452189094

Availability

Services available to external clients

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Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
Melbourne Laboratory

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Environment

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure
Analysis for cyanide Leachates; Potable waters; Soils Cyanide - Amenable to chlorination; Cyanide - Free; Cyanide - Total Segmented flow analyser (SFA) in-house method ESA-P-43
Analysis for elements Ground waters; Leachates; Sediments; Soils Aluminium; Arsenic; Beryllium; Boron; Cadmium; Calcium; Chromium; Cobalt; Copper; Iron; Lead; Magnesium; Manganese; Molybdenum; Nickel; Potassium; Selenium; Silver; Sodium; Tin; Zinc ICP-AES in-house method ESA-ICP-01
Ground waters; Leachates; Sediments; Soils; Surface waters Mercury Microwave plasma - Atomic emission spectroscopy (MP-AES) in-house method ESA-MP-01 and ESA-MP-03
Leachates; Potable waters; Soils Aluminium; Antimony; Arsenic; Barium; Beryllium; Boron; Cadmium; Calcium; Chromium; Cobalt; Copper; Iron; Lead; Lithium; Magnesium; Manganese; Mercury; Molybdenum; Nickel; Potassium; Selenium; Silver; Sodium; Tin; Vanadium; Zinc ICP-MS in-house method ESA-ICP-16
Analysis for herbicides Leachates; Potable waters; Soils Atrazine GC-MS in-house method ESA-P-ORG-20
Analysis for hydrocarbons Fresh waters; Ground waters; Sediments; Soils; Surface waters Naphthalene; Styrene (ethenyl benzene) GC-MS - Purge and trap in-house method ESA-P-ORG08
Ground waters; Leachates; Sediments; Soils Acenaphthene; Acenaphthylene (acenaphthalene); Anthracene; Benz(a)anthracene; Benzo(a)pyrene; Dibenz(a,h)anthracene; Fluoranthene (benzo[j,k]fluorene); Fluorene; Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene; Naphthalene; Phenanthrene; Pyrene GC-MS in-house method ESA-P-ORG13, ESA-ORG-14, and ESA-P-ORG-15
Ground waters; Potable waters; Sediments; Soils Benzene; Ethylbenzene; Toluene; Xylene GC-MS - Purge and trap in-house method ESA-P-ORG08
Ground waters; Soils 1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane; 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (1,1,1-TCA, methyl chloroform, chlorothene); 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane (acetylene tetrachloride); 1,1,2-Trichloroethane (1,1,2-TCA, vinyl trichloride); 1,1-Dichloroethene (1,1-DCE, vinylidene chloride); 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene (1,2,4-TCB); 1,2-Dichlorobenzene (o-dichlorobenzene); 1,2-Dichloroethane (1,2-DCA, ethylene dichloride); 1,4-Dichlorobenzene (p-dichlorobenzene); Benzene; Bromochloromethane (chlorobromomethane); Carbon tetrachloride (tetrachloromethane); Chlorobenzene (benzene chloride, monochlorobenzene); Dichloromethane (DCM, methylene chloride); Ethylbenzene; Hexachloro-1,3-butadiene (hexachlorobutadiene, HCBD); Naphthalene; Styrene (ethenyl benzene); Tetrachloroethane; Tetrachloroethene (perchloroethylene, perchloroethene, tetrachloroethylene); Toluene; Trichloroethene (trichloroethylene, TCE); Trichloromethane (chloroform); Vinyl chloride; cis-1,2-Dichloroethene; m-Xylene; o-Xylene; p-Xylene GC-MS - Purge and trap in-house method ESA-P-ORG-18
Leachates; Potable waters; Soils Nitrobenzene GC-MS in-house method ESA-P-ORG-20
Analysis for industrial chemicals Fresh waters; Ground waters; Leachates; Potable waters; Saline waters; Sand; Soils 10:2 Fluorotelomer sulfonic acid (10:2 FTSA, 1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorododecane sulfonic acid); 4:2 Fluorotelomer sulfonic acid (4:2 FTSA, 1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorohexane sulfonic acid); 6:2 Fluorotelomer sulfonic acid (6:2 FTSA); 8:2 Fluorotelomer sulfonic acid (8:2 FTSA, 1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorodecane sulfonic acid); Hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA, GenX); N-Ethyl perfluorooctane sulfanamido ethanol (EtFOSE); N-Ethyl perfluorooctane sulfonamide (EtFOSA); N-Methyl perfluorooctane sulfanamido ethanol (MeFOSE); N-Methyl perfluorooctane sulfonamide (MeFOSA); N-Methyl perfluorooctane sulfonamido acetic acid (MeFOSAA); Perfluorobutane sulfonic acid (PFBS); Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA); Perfluorodecane sulfonic acid (PFDS); Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA); Perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoDA); Perfluoroheptane sulfonic acid (PFHpS); Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA); Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS); Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA); Perfluorohexylphosphonic acid (PFHxPA); Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA); Perfluorooctane sulfonamide (FOSA); Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS); Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA); Perfluoropentane sulfonic acid (PFPeS); Perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPeA) ; Perfluorotetradecanoic acid (PFTeDA); Perfluorotridecanoic acid (PFTrDA); Perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnDA); Potassium 11-chloroeicosafluoro-3-oxaundecane-1-sulfonate (11Cl-PF3OUdS); Potassium 9-chlorohexadecafluoro-3-oxanonane-1-sulfonate (9Cl-PF3ONS); Sodium dodecafluoro-3H-4, 8-dioxanonanoate (NaDONA) LC-MS-MS in-house method ESA-ORG-16
Analysis for organochlorine pesticides Leachates; Potable waters; Soils Mirex GC-MS in-house method ESA-P-ORG-20
Soils Aldrin; Chlordane; Dieldrin; Endosulfan I (α-endosulfan); Endosulfan II (β-endosulfan); Endosulfan sulfate; Endrin; Endrin aldehyde; Endrin ketone; Heptachlor; Heptachlor epoxide; Hexachlorobenzene (HCB); Methoxychlor; o,p'-Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (o,p'-DDD); p,p’-Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (p,p’-DDD); p,p’-Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (p,p’-DDE); α-Hexachlorocyclohexane (α-HCH); β-Hexachlorocyclohexane (β-HCH); γ-Hexachlorocyclohexane (γ-HCH); δ-Hexachlorocyclohexane (δ-HCH) GC-MS in-house method ESA-P-ORG13, ESA-ORG-14, and ESA-P-ORG-15
Analysis for organophosphate pesticides Leachates; Potable waters; Soils Bifenthrin GC-MS in-house method ESA-P-ORG-20
Soils Chlorpyrifos ethyl (chlorpyrifos); Chlorpyrifos methyl; Diazinon; Fenchlorphos (ronnel); Merphos (tributyl phosphorotrithioite); Methylparathion (parathionmethyl); Prophos GC-MS in-house method ESA-P-ORG13, ESA-ORG-14, and ESA-P-ORG-15
Analysis for petroleum hydrocarbons Ground waters; Potable waters; Sediments; Soils Total recoverable hydrocarbons (TRH): C6-C10 GC-MS - Purge and trap in-house method ESA-P-ORG08
Total recoverable hydrocarbons (TRH): >C10-C16; Total recoverable hydrocarbons (TRH): >C16-C34; Total recoverable hydrocarbons (TRH): >C34-C40 GC-FID in-house methods ESA-ORG-14 and ESA-ORG-3
Analysis for physical and chemical characteristics Fresh waters; Ground waters; Leachates; Potable waters Bromide; Chloride; Fluoride; Iodide; Nitrate; Nitrite; Phosphate; Sulfate Ion chromatography (IC) in-house method ESA-P-39
Fresh waters; Ground waters; Leachates; Potable waters; Sand; Soils Chloride - Water soluble Ion selective electrode (ISE) in-house method ESA-P-37
Chromium VI (hexavalent chromium) UV-vis spectrophotometry in-house method ESA-P-32
Conductivity Electrometric in-house method ESA-P-16
Ground waters Solids - Suspended; Solids - Total dissolved (TDS) Gravimetric in-house method ESA-P-42
Ground waters; Sediments; Sludges; Soils; Surface waters pH Electrometric  in-house method ESA-P-21
Leachates; Potable waters; Soils Chromium VI (hexavalent chromium) Segmented flow analyser (SFA) in-house method ESA-P-43
Potable waters; Waste waters Alkalinity; Hardness; Sodium adsorption ratio (SAR, sodium absorption ratio) Calculation in-house method ESA-P-45
Analysis for polyhalogenated biphenyls Soils Aroclor 1016; Aroclor 1221; Aroclor 1232; Aroclor 1242; Aroclor 1248; Aroclor 1254; Aroclor 1260 GC-MS in-house method ESA-ORG-14 and ESA-ORG-15
Counting of asbestos, mineral fibres (including synthetic) and organic fibres Air Volume measurement Sampling flow rate and duration measurement National Occupational Health and Safety Commission Guidance Note on the Membrane Filter Method for Estimating Airborne Asbestos Fibres  NOHSC:3003 and in-house method AAM-P-01
Membrane filters Respirable asbestos fibres Phase contrast microscopy National Occupational Health and Safety Commission Guidance Note on the Membrane Filter Method for Estimating Airborne Asbestos Fibres  NOHSC:3003 and in-house method AAM-P-01
Identification of asbestos, mineral fibres (including synthetic) and organic fibres Bulk materials; Non-homogenous materials (soils, dust, ores) Amosite; Chrysotile; Crocidolite; Organic fibres; Synthetic mineral fibres (SMF) Polarised light microscopy (including dispersion staining) AS 4964 (2004) and in-house method ABI-P-01

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Materials

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
Chemical analysis of polymers and related materials Paints and related coating materials Lead Microwave plasma - Atomic emission spectroscopy (MP-AES) in-house method ESA-MP-01 and in-house method ESA-MP-05

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