OUR TEAM

ABOUT US

Since 2012, Analitica has been providing laboratory analyses and sampling activities with a highly qualified team of mineralogists, geologists, chemists, and materials scientists, with PhDs and MScs backgrounds. We work along side private and governmental companies and institutions operating in the fields of minerals, industrial geomaterials, geological and soil sciences, geo-resources, industrial hygiene and environmental safety, as well as cultural heritage.

The laboratory conducts mineralogical and environmental analyses (asbestos, crystalline silica, man-made vitreous fibers, waste), petrographic and morphological analyses using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy and microanalysis (SEM-EDS), polarized light optical microscopy (PLOM), phase-contrast optical microscopy (PCOM), and chemical analyses of materials and minerals by X-ray fluorescence (XRF). Thermal behavior studies are carried out through thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis, ensuring rapid turnaround times, high precision, and accuracy in the identification and quantification of the mineralogical species present, as well as in the determination of amorphous content.

Analitica conducts as well chemical risk assessments and industrial hygiene evaluations through the sampling and analysis of total dust, respirable crystalline silica (RCS), and asbestos in workplace environments.

Our laboratory is engaged in research, consultancy, technology and scientific dissemination in the mineralogical, geological, and environmental fields.

Research activities focus on addressing issues related to innovation and technological development of minerals and materials for new industrial and environmental applications, as well as on optimizing high-resolution analytical techniques for the identification and quantification of minerals hazardous to human health and the environment.

FRANCESCO DELLISANTI

PhD, earth science

CEO and founder, materials & georesources

STEFANO MAGURNO

MSc, geology and land managment (curriculum georesources)

Microscopy & petrography

MICHELANGELO POLISI

PhD, models and methods for material and environmental sciences

Crystallography & geochemistry

FEDERICO BARELLA

MSc, geological sciences

Environmental monitoring

RICCARDO GUIDA

MSc, geological sciences

Materials & crystallography

LORENZO BALLO

MSc, geological sciences

Organization & Administration

Elenco analisi

Qualitative and quantitative mineralogical analyses of rocks, minerals, and industrial materials; with identification of natural and/or artificial crystalline phases and the amorphous component, and quantification using the Rietveld method and calibration curves.

Morphological–textural analyses and point chemical microanalyses, as well as areal and linear elemental distribution analyses, on solid bulk samples, metals, industrial materials, aggregates, filter-collected powders, and polished thin sections.

Chemical analyses of major elements (%) and trace elements (ppm) in rocks, soils, and waste, and determination of loss on ignition by calcination at 1000 °C.

Qualitative and quantitative mineralogical analyses by modal point counting and image analysis software; petrographic analyses for the study of composition and morphological and textural characteristics of rocks, mortars, inert materials, and aggregates, on granular samples and thin sections.

Specific analysis for the identification of the presence/absence of asbestos in bulk samples and for counting airborne fibers collected on filters.

Analysis, as a function of increasing temperature, of the physico-chemical variations of the sample, recrystallization processes, the amount of released volatile components (organic matter, H2O, OH, CO2, SO3,...) and quantification of the corresponding mineralogical phases.

Environmental and personal sampling of airborne dusts (total dust, respirable crystalline silica, hardwood dust) and fibers (asbestos and man-made vitreous fibers) in workplaces and for the reoccupancy of living environments, as well as monitoring of atmospheric emissions.

Assessment of the condition of asbestos-cement roofing materials using the VERSAR and AMLETO algorithms, sampling of potentially dangerous material, followed by laboratory analysis and report certifications