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May 10 2019 Process Analytical

How to Cut SilcoTek Coated Stainless Steel Tubing

Are there any special stainless steel tubing cutting or installation procedures needed for SilcoTek coated tubing? Here's a handy guide to installing and maintaining inert coated tubing. If you've...

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April 26 2019 LC & GC Chromatography

How to Improve Air Quality Measurement and VOC Analysis

Reliable trace level VOC analysis is an important factor when measuring air quality. How to improve analysis quality? The Key-VOCs project studied VOC measurement. Here's what they found out. In this...

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April 12 2019 SilcoTek

Are Silicon CVD Coatings Durable? SilcoTek is Going to Mars

Our coatings are going to Mars! Why do you care? The European Mars Rover (The ExoMars Rover Mission), which is scheduled to be launched in 2020, has an instrumentation pack that includes a gas...

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March 29 2019 bio-medical

Selecting a Coating for Bio-inert Applications

Testing for biological contamination and the need for a bio-inert surface is not limited to only medical diagnostics and medical device components. We discuss factors to consider when selecting a...

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March 01 2019 Chemical Inertness

Are Non Reactive Coatings Needed For Hydrogen Analysis?

Testing hydrogen fuel quality per ISO 14687 and SAE J2719 can require expertise and equipment but are inert non reactive coatings needed for hydrogen fuel analysis? A recent European Metrology...

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February 15 2019 SilcoTek

How to Measure Thin Film Coating Thickness

Having trouble measuring a coating? We discuss how to measure thin film coating thickness. At SilcoTek® we specialize in applying ultra thin coatings to stainless steel and other metal alloys, glass,...

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February 01 2019 SilcoTek

Why are Fixtures Needed For CVD Coating?

Fixtures are used to hold things in place, like a light fixture holds a light bulb. So why are fixtures needed for CVD coating? The fix is in, we discuss why keeping a part safe and sound is key to a...

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January 25 2019 SilcoTek

Why Can't I Spray SilcoTek Coatings On My Parts At My Facility?

We get this question a lot. Customers have a large part and they want it coated with one of our CVD coatings. They wonder " why can't I spray SilcoTek coatings on my parts at my facility "? Well we'd...

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January 11 2019 SilcoTek

Why Do CVD Coatings Have a Thickness Range

In last week's blog we discussed what is a CVD coating. This week let's discuss why we specify a CVD coating thickness range rather than a specific thickness. The short answer, we probably could but...

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