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September 15 2017 LC & GC Chromatography

How To Identify & Prevent Analytical Test Problems

How is it that getting an analytical sample from the source to the analyzer, GC, or LC seems to be just as hard as doing the separation? When things go South there seem to be any number of variables...

September 08 2017 Process Analytical

Improve Continuous Emission Monitoring (CEM) Dispite Uncertainty

There's tremendous uncertainty swirling around the state of regulatory compliance. What to do? Move forward with quality and efficiency. Here are some tips on how to improve CEM performance.1...

September 01 2017 SilcoTek

CVD Coating Service (Manufacturing Update)

We took a tour of SilcoTek coating manufacturing, here's what we found out... Imagine you're a manufacturer offering CVD coating solutions; your customers come from a wide range of industries and...

August 25 2017 Corrosion

How Venus Helped To Improve CO2 Corrosion Resistance

NASA tested our coatings under brutal Venus atmospheric conditions, here's what happened. The weather forecast for Venus? 96% carbon dioxide with a high temperature of 462 ºC. I think I'll skip that...

August 18 2017 LC & GC Chromatography

Tips for HPLC Column Care and Sampling System Maintenance

We tested our coatings in difficult HPLC applications and found ways to improve HPLC column care and sampling system maintenance. Here are some helpful tips. Tips for HPLC Column Care and Sampling...

August 11 2017 Process Analytical

Need an Impact Resistant Coating?  (Material Strength Test)

We smashed and stretched our impact 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 Dursan® coating to so they could let...

August 04 2017 Non-stick, Anti-fouling

How To Prevent Surface Fouling and Coking (Coating Webinar)

Before you say this blog post doesn't apply to me, read on because you'll find this topic to be important to at least some part of your organization. Yes! Thanks for sticking with us! We're talking...

July 28 2017 SilcoTek

High Temperature Coatings Part 2.  What's the Maximum Temperature?

Can SilcoTek coatings take the heat? We took a blowtorch to our coatings, here's what happened.... In a previous blog post we focused on the high temperature thermal performance of SilcoTek’s...

July 21 2017 Hydrophobicity & Moisture Resistance

A Look Inside Our Research Team (Water Repelling Coating)

We pulled the curtain back on SilcoTek R&D to see what they're working on. Here's what happened..... A super water repelling surface. Full disclosure. The test coating we're about to discuss is not...