Lead

     Click on the image above and fill in the Nickel, Lead & Cadmium test application form if you require any of the following tests: Nickel release, our UNIQUE Crystal Glass test, Lead content or Cadmium content testing, unique quick tests, full tests and combined tests are available (Make sure to pick the relevant standard which is applicable to the market place where the item is to be sold). CHEMICAL TEST APPLICATION FORM Click on the image above and fill in the P…

  The Laboratory at Assay Office Birmingham will be taking part in one to one business surgeries at the Giftware Association's Members Day on Thursday 5th June at Federation House, Birmingham. Assay Office Birmingham staff,  Marion Wilson (Marketing Director - The Birmingham Assay Office), Steve Franklin (Sales & Marketing Co-ordinator) and The Laboratory's new Account Manager Vikki Bradshaw will be on hand between 2pm and 4pm to offer advice for testing services for fashio…

  In order to be classified as one of the categories of “crystal glass” the material must comply with three different criteria. It must contain oxides of Lead, Barium, Zinc or Potash combined or alone of at least 10%, have a refractive index of above 1.52 and a density above 2.45 grams per cubic centimetre. The Birmingham Assay Office has the specialist resources needed to offer this test, having the expertise and equipment to carry out both chemical and gemmological testing. …