China Testing & Certification International Group Co., Ltd. (CTC, Stock Code 603060) originated from the testing and certification business of China Building Materials Academy in the 1950s. After 70 years of unremitting efforts and persistent pursuit, the company has formed five business categories: detection and testing, certification and evaluation, testing instruments and intelligent manufacturing, measurement and calibration, scientific research and technical services, committed to providing customers with technical services and comprehensive solutions of detection and testing, certification and evaluation, appraisal, consultation, training, and instruments and equipment in fields of quality, environmental protection, green, safety, health, and energy conservation.

The Material Analysis and Failure Diagnosis Center is part of the First Inspection and Certification Institute of CTC. It has over 100 professional technical staff, including more than 30 with senior professional titles and over 50 holding master’s degrees or higher. The team encompasses experts in various specialized fields, including analytical chemistry, organic chemical engineering, polymers, metals, and inorganic non-metallic materials. The center has extensive service experience in composition analysis and failure diagnosis of materials such as building materials, adhesives, coatings, waterproofing materials, plastics, rubbers, minerals, and metals.
Plastics
Rubbers
Minerals
Metals
Chemical Products
Coatings
Mortars
Adhesives
Panels / Boards
Pipes / Tubing
Unknown Component Analysis and Structural Identification
Material Formula Reconstruction (Reverse Engineering)
Industrial Problem Diagnosis
Thermal Performance Analysis (Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), Melting Temperature, Specific Heat Capacity, etc.)
Metal Corrosion Failure Diagnosis
Environmental Reliability Evaluation
In-Service Performance Field Evaluation
Unknown Component Analysis and Structural Identification: GB/T 6040-2019, GB/T 39699-2020
Thermal Performance Analysis (TGA, melting temperature, specific heat capacity, etc.): GB/T 1946, GB/T 33047, ISO 11357, ISO 11358
Metal Corrosion Failure Diagnosis Macrostructure / Macroscopic Examination: GB/T 14999.1, GB/T 14999.2, GB/T 3246.2, GB/T 1979, GB/T 226
Metal Corrosion Failure Diagnosis Microstructure / Microscopic Examination: GB/T 3246.1, GB/T 13299, GB/T 13298, GB/T 9441, GB/T 10561, GB/T 13305, YB/T 4290, YS/T 347, GB/T 24177
Metal Corrosion Failure Diagnosis Electrochemical Testing: ASTM G150, GB/T 17899, ASTM G5, ISO 17474, ASTM G3, GB/T 24196, ASTM G106, ISO 16773-2, ASTM G59, ASTM G199, ISO 17093, ASTM G100
Metal Corrosion Failure Diagnosis Accelerated Corrosion Testing: GB/T 22040, GB/T 10127, GB/T 17897, GB/T 19746, GB/T 18590, GB/T 31588.1, ASTM G85, GB/T 10125
Environmental Reliability Evaluation Salt Spray Corrosion Resistance: GB/T 10125, GB/T 1771, GB/T 35464, GB/T 9966.15, GB/T 35858, QB/T 3827, GJB 150.11A
Environmental Reliability Evaluation Acid Spray Corrosion Resistance: GB/T 9789, GB/T 37126
Environmental Reliability Evaluation Artificial Weathering Resistance: GB/T 1865, GB/T 16259, GB/T 14522, GB/T 16422.3
Environmental Reliability Evaluation Thermal Cycling & Damp Heat (Humidity) Aging: GB/T 28289, GB/T 31815, GB 14907, JC/T 2586, GB/T 1740, GB/T 4893.2, GB/T 32368, GB/T 15905
Environmental Reliability Evaluation Water-UV Aging: GB/T 23987, GB/T 16776
Environmental Reliability Evaluation Natural Weathering Exposure: GB/T 9276, GB/T 3681
The center leverages the technical strength of several national-level testing centers within the Group. For many years, it has provided technical services in various industrial and consumer sectors, including building materials & construction, aerospace, automotive, electronics, food & drug packaging materials, and chemical materials, establishing long-term cooperation with many renowned enterprises and research institutions. Our services include material composition analysis, formula analysis, substance identification, in-service performance evaluation, reliability evaluation, and failure diagnosis. We are committed to meeting clients’ comprehensive needs in product R&D, manufacturing, and quality control, providing one-stop solutions to help clients shorten development cycles, reduce production costs, minimize failure losses, and enhance product competitiveness.
The center possesses hundreds of large-scale sophisticated analytical instruments, including chemical composition analyzers (ICP-MS, GC-MS, XRD, XRF, FTIR, TGA, DSC, SEM, TEM) and dozens of instruments for environmental reliability and service performance testing (multiple ATLAS xenon lamp aging testers, Q-SUN xenon lamp aging testers, Q-LAB fluorescent UV aging testers, salt spray cyclic corrosion test chambers, universal mechanical testing machines, etc.).
Our members have nearly three decades of technical expertise in composition and failure analysis. The center holds testing qualifications for thousands of standard methods and non-standard methods, has issued tens of thousands of test and analysis reports, developed hundreds of national and industry standards, and been granted dozens of national invention patents.
Operates several climatic environmental test stations in locations like Hainan and Turpan (hot & humid, hot & dry, extremely cold). Possesses the capability for durability, lifespan evaluation, and failure assessment under different natural conditions.
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