---
title: "Your One Source for  
Materials Analysis"
url: "https://mat-cs.com/"
description: "Materials Characterization Services is an analytical services supplier, providing scientists and engineers with the exact techniques necessary to meet their materials analysis requirements."
---

Materials Characterization Services

# Your One Source for Materials Analysis

MAT-CS is an analytical services broker that gives scientists and engineers access to the exact techniques they need — through 500+ partnering labs, university programs, and instrument manufacturers.

[Get a Quote](/get-a-quote/) [Explore Techniques](/analytical-techniques/)

500+

Partner Labs

40+

Years of Experience

80+

Analytical Techniques

1,900+

ASTM Methods

Why MAT-CS

## Expert insights, endless possibilities

We're not a lab — we're experts in the laboratory landscape. We pick the right tools and partners to solve your materials problem, then make sure the results actually mean something.

### Breadth

The widest variety of testing services through 500+ partnering labs, plus collaborative agreements with instrument manufacturers and universities for analysis not otherwise commercially available.

### Experience

Nearly 40 years in materials analysis. We help you pick the right technique, design experiments, interpret results, or synthesize data from multiple methods.

### Reliability

We choose the most applicable technique for your problem — not just whatever's available in-house. Optimal results, every time.

### Impartiality

If results look questionable, we re-test or confirm with another technique. We care about what the data means for your product, not just the numbers.

Capabilities

## Analytical techniques we offer

From bulk analysis to surface characterization — pick a category to see the methods, or tell us what you're trying to learn and we'll recommend a starting point.

[View all techniques](/analytical-techniques/)

[Bulk Analysis](/analytical-techniques/bulk-analysis-techniques/) [Microscopy & Microanalytical](/analytical-techniques/microscopy-microanalytical-techniques/) [Surface & Thin Film](/analytical-techniques/surface-thin-film-techniques/) [Polymer Characterization](/analytical-techniques/polymer-characterization-techniques/) [Optical Measurements](/analytical-techniques/optical-measurements/) [Liquids & Gases](/analytical-techniques/measuring-liquids-gases/) [Electrical / Electronics](/analytical-techniques/electrical-test-methods-electronics/) [Reliability Testing](/analytical-techniques/reliability-testing/) [Miscellaneous Tests](/analytical-techniques/miscellaneous-tests/)

Most requested

## Popular techniques

The methods researchers and engineers ask us about most often  
— jump straight in.

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SEM

Scanning Electron Microscopy

](/sem-scanning-electron-microscopy/)[

XRD

X-Ray Diffraction

](/xrd-x-ray-diffraction/)[

XPS

X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

](/xps-x-ray-photoelectron-spectroscopy/)[

LECO

Combustion Analysis (H, C, N, O, S)

](/leco-combustion-analysis-h-c-n-o-s/)[

BET

Surface Area & Porosimetry

](/bet-porosimetry-surface-area-brunauer-emmett-teller/)[

CTE

Coefficient of Thermal Expansion

](/cte-coefficient-of-thermal-expansion/)[

EXAFS

X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure

](/exafs-extended-x-ray-absorption-fine-structure/)[

SAXS

Small Angle X-Ray Scattering

](/saxs-small-angle-x-ray-scattering/)

## Have a materials problem? We'll find the right technique.

Tell us what you're trying to measure, image, or characterize. We'll respond promptly with the best fit from our partner network.

[Get a Quote](/get-a-quote/) [Special Analysis Request](/special-analysis-request/)