| SEL’s Yale, Michigan, site has one of the few Full Scale Burn Facilities in the nation. A controlled environment test bay is capable of accommodating complete test items. Gas collectors, dryers and analyzers provide quantitative and qualitative analysis of products of combustion and measure the rate of heat release. SEL can conduct more than 60 national and international standards tests for product and system safety. |
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Exemplar structures and vehicles can be constructed to test fire and explosion scenarios. Mockups of rooms, equipment and appliance installations can also be created for real time testing. |
SEL’s Warren, Michigan, site has comprehensive laboratories for the examination, anaysis and testing of products and systems. Technicians assist in the examination of artifacts and samples under the observation of involved parties. Video systems can provide a permanent record.
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The Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) with an energy dispersive spectrometer permits non-destructive ultra-high magnification and elemental analysis of samples. Samples can be viewed at magnifications up to 168,000x. |
| The Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometer (FTIR) at SEL is used for precise structural identification of organic solid, liquid and gas samples. The FTIR, with libraries containing over 5000 spectra, can be used to quickly determine the composition of virtually any organic sample. |
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| A Clean Lab provides ample space for examination and inspection of artifacts. And this SEL facility has a wide range of basic laboratory equipment and supplies. |
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