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December 15 2023 Semiconductor

Enhancing Semiconductor Manufacturing with SilcoTek Coatings

Creating a semiconductor device on a silicon wafer is a wildly complicated and expensive process. For the most part, each step needs to be done with the utmost care in order to ensure proper device...

November 04 2022 Semiconductor

Improve Semiconductor Equipment Retention with CVD Coatings

The recent passage of the CHIPS Act in the United States (and similar funding around the world) has generated a lot of buzz around the semiconductor industry. North America has been extremely busy...

April 05 2019 Process Analytical

How to Protect Sealing Surfaces and Keep a Leak Tight Seal

It makes sense to consider using inert, protective coatings in seal areas. But questions arise concerning coating surface durability. Can SilcoTek® inert coatings withstand sealing stress while...

June 30 2017 Corrosion

How to Remove Rust From Stainless Steel and Keep it Off!

Stainless steel is typically specified because of its ability to resist corrosion in a variety of environments. Unfortunately, stainless steel is not fully stain or rust-proof, it is just more...

January 27 2017 Chemical Inertness

Can Braze And Solder Joints Be Made Inert? What's The Best Joint?

Analytical systems are assembled using many types of joints ranging from compression fittings, VCR, VCO, up to KF and conflat flanges. In order to make a system inert and to assure a consistent and...

October 07 2016 Corrosion

Rusty Pig? Tips For Removing Corrosion From Stainless Steel

Stainless steel should be stainless right? Untrue. If you're in the chemical process, refining or anayltical business you'll be the first to dispel that notion. On occasion, SilcoTek will receive...

April 22 2016 SilcoTek

Do SilcoTek Coatings Change Surface Roughness?

Will SilcoTek® coatings make my part surface smoother or rougher? The short answer is no. The why and how takes a bit of explaining. Why is surface roughness important? Surface roughness (Ra) is an...

August 14 2015 Process Analytical

Can Inert Coatings Be Applied To Seal Surfaces?

No not that kind of seal, I'm talking about mechanical sealing systems, although this guy is cuter. Protecting fittings from corrosion and keeping them inert is important, but questions arise...

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Enhancing Semiconductor Manufacturing with SilcoTek Coatings

Improve Semiconductor Equipment Retention with CVD Coatings

How to Protect Sealing Surfaces and Keep a Leak Tight Seal

How to Remove Rust From Stainless Steel and Keep it Off!

Can Braze And Solder Joints Be Made Inert? What's The Best Joint?

Rusty Pig? Tips For Removing Corrosion From Stainless Steel

Do SilcoTek Coatings Change Surface Roughness?

Can Inert Coatings Be Applied To Seal Surfaces?

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