Lucideon Limited is an independent materials development, testing, and characterisation consultancy headquartered in Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom. With origins stretching back to the British Ceramic Research Association (CERAM), the organisation delivers advanced chemical analysis, failure investigation, and microstructural characterisation services across international sectors.
Operating state-of-the-art laboratory testing facilities in the UK and North America, Lucideon serves critical and heavily regulated engineering industries including aerospace, defence, advanced ceramics, construction, energy, healthcare, and consumer goods.
- Accredited by UKAS to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 (Testing Laboratory No. 0013)
- Holds an MHRA Certificate of GMP Compliance for contract QC testing of human and veterinary medicines
- FDA Registered and inspected laboratory facility
Lucideon offers a comprehensive suite of analytical, chemical, and physical testing techniques to verify compositions, solve production defects, and investigate material failures:
- Microscopy & Surface Analysis: Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Field Emission Gun SEM (FEG-SEM), and Energy Dispersive X-ray Microanalysis (EDS/EDX) for fractography, particle identification, and defect characterisation; Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS); Light Microscopy.
- Chromatography: Gas Chromatography (GC), Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS), Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS), Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC), and Ion Chromatography (IC).
- Spectroscopy & Elemental Profiling: Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES), Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS), Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF), and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD).
- Contamination & Failure Analysis: Trace contaminant isolation, particle morphology sizing, foreign particulate matter identification, and root-cause failure investigations on metals, ceramics, polymers, and biomedical implants.
[“Aerospace & Defense”, “Healthcare & Medical Services”, “Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology”, “Construction”, “Oil, Gas & Energy”, “Manufacturing – Industrial & Machinery”]