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September 21 2018 Process Analytical

How do I Assemble and Maintain a Sample Cylinder?

Assembling and maintaining a sample cylinder is easy. Just screw in the valves and use, right? Well getting the results you want consistently throughout the life of the sample cylinder requires a...

September 07 2018 SilcoTek

So Many Coatings, So Little Time. Why Are There So Many CVD Coatings?

Dursan®? SilcoNert®? Silcolloy®? And what the heck is Notak™? What's with all the coatings? Why does SilcoTek® offer so many CVD coatings? Let's dissect where each coating is used. Think of our...

August 31 2018 Purity

How to Clean Stainless Steel

* Industries ranging from analytical laboratory, HPLC, and bio tech to oil & gas exploration, and petrochemical should pay attention to cleaning and maintaining a stainless steel critical flow path....

August 24 2018 Process Analytical

How Coatings Improve Process Control

Nearly half of all sample transfer systems have failed or are failing. That can't be good for process control. Get tips on how to keep sample systems running, avoid regulatory penalties, and save...

August 10 2018 SilcoTek

Where are SilcoTek Coatings Used?

Where are SilcoTek® coatings used? Many customers know us for our inert coatings used in process sampling. Think that's all there is? Well we've got a few surprises for you! In this blog post you...

August 03 2018 SilcoTek

How to Test a CVD Coating for Impact Resistance

We smashed and stretched our impact resistant and wear resistant coating. Here's what happened.... It looks like our R&D staff had some pent-up anger lately. We set them lose on our CVD coating,...

July 27 2018 SilcoTek

What Tools are Needed to Evaluate a CVD Coating?

What tools are needed to evaluate a CVD coating surface? Let's discuss material characterization and how it applies to CVD coatings. In this blog post you will learn: How surface characterization...

July 20 2018 LC & GC Chromatography

Key Factors in Producing Reliable Trace VOC Analysis

Reliable trace level VOC analysis is key to improving air quality. How to improve analysis quality? The Key-VOCs project studied VOC measurement. Here's what they found out. In this blog post you...

July 13 2018 LC & GC Chromatography

Preventing HPLC Tubing Corrosion and Contamination

We tested our inert CVD coating, Dursan®, in tough HPLC tests. Find out what we learned. Aren't stainless steel and PEEK just fine for HPLC analysis? Well if you like to replace flow path components...

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