Capabilities

The automation and speed of the supermill reduces the grind time and allows us to get product to the customer in a timely manner.

Benny McKinney | Blending/Mixing/Dispersion Operator

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Process Capabilities

Ascent Chemicals is the expert at batch organic synthesis, complemented by our expertise in core unit operations such as blending, milling, flaking, and drying.

Among others, the core chemical reactions undertaken are:

  • Amination
  • Amidation
  • Bromination
  • Catalysis
  • Condensation
  • Esterification
  • Etherification
  • Hydrolysis
  • Neutralization
  • Oxidation
  • Phosphation
  • Polymerization
  • Quaternization
  • Reduction
  • Saponification
  • Sulfation
  • Transesterification

Core unit operations include:

  • Blending
  • Bulk Storage
  • Coating
  • Crystallization
  • Distillation
  • Drying
  • Emulsification
  • Encapsulation
  • Filtration
  • Flaking
  • High Temperature
  • High Vacuum
  • High Viscosity
  • Impregnation
  • Milling
  • Mixing
  • Sifting

Laboratory & Analytical Equipment

  • AA (Atomic Absorption Spectrometer)
  • Autotitrators (Colorimetric, Potentiometric, Redox)
  • Automated Flashpoint
  • Brookfield Viscometers (LV, RV, HAHB)
  • Colorimeters (Solids & Liquids, Various Color Scales)
  • Density (Fluids, Solids, Tapped)
  • DSC
  • FTIR Spectrometer
  • GC (Direct Injection and Headspace, ID and TCD Detection)
  • Gardner Color
  • GPC (UV or RI Detectors)
  • HPLC (UV or RI Detectors)
  • Ion Chromatography
  • Karl Fischer (Volumetric and Coulometric, Coulometric Headspace)
  • Melt Flow
  • Melt Point
  • Moisture Analysis (Microwave & Halogen Lamp)
  • Muffle Furnace (to 1,000 ˚C)
  • pH Meters
  • Refractive Index
  • Sieve Analysis
  • TGA
  • Turbidity
  • UV/Vis Spectrophotometer
  • Vacuum Ovens