Dr Christopher Chatfield

Materials Scientist

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He was approved in 1974 as a Deputy Controller in the Test House Organisation of the Materials Quality Assurance Directorate of the Ministry of Defence.  

In 1982 the Company laboratories were among the first to become accredited under the then-new Government Laboratory Accreditation Scheme NATLAS (later NAMAS and now UKAS), which is monitored through the auspices of the National Physical Laboratory.  Laboratory accreditation has been maintained ever since and is current.

Career:

1969 - date    Chatfield Applied Research Laboratories Ltd
1976 - 1980    Technical Manager
1980 - 1984    Director 
1984 - date    Managing Director

Key Skills:

Practical Materials Science
Investigation of causes of failures-in-service of paints, sealants, adhesives, rubbers, plastics and printing inks.

  

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He was approved in 1974 as a Deputy Controller in the Test House Organisation of the Materials Quality Assurance Directorate of the Ministry of Defence.  

In 1982 the Company laboratories were among the first to become accredited under the then-new Government Laboratory Accreditation Scheme NATLAS (later NAMAS and now UKAS), which is monitored through the auspices of the National Physical Laboratory.  Laboratory accreditation has been maintained ever since and is current.

Career:

1969 - date    Chatfield Applied Research Laboratories Ltd
1976 - 1980    Technical Manager
1980 - 1984    Director
1984 - date    Managing Director

Key Skills:

Practical Materials Science
Investigation of causes of failures-in-service of paints, sealants, adhesives, rubbers, plastics and printing inks.


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TAE Accreditations

  • Expert Witness

Qualifications

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry FRSC
  • MICorr
  • MIM
  • Bachelor of Science BSc (Hons) (1966)
  • PhiD (1969)

Expert Witness Snapshot

Dr Chatfield has travelled extensively throughout the world investigating materials failures and performance, especially in the coatings, adhesives and sealant industries.

He was approved in 1974 as a Deputy Controller in the Test House Organisation of the Materials Quality Assurance Directorate of the Ministry of Defence.

In 1982 the Company laboratories were among the first to become accredited under the then-new Government Laboratory Accreditation Scheme NATLAS (later NAMAS and now UKAS), which is monitored through the auspices of the National Physical Laboratory. Laboratory accreditation has been maintained ever since and is current.

Career:

1969 - date Chatfield Applied Research Laboratories Ltd
1976 - 1980 Technical Manager
1980 - 1984 Director
1984 - date Managing Director

Key Skills:

Practical Materials Science
Investigation of causes of failures-in-service of paints, sealants, adhesives, rubbers, plastics and printing inks.


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