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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...

July 14 2017 SilcoTek

Product Line Extension When Inert Coatings Make Sense

SilcoTek® offers high performance corrosion resistant, inert coatings to a diverse range of customers. From the researcher who needs a specific surface for their test, to large corporate customers...

July 07 2017 bio-medical

Tips For Improved Bioinert HPLC Surfaces

A bioinert sampling and test system is critical to consistent, accurate HPLC test results. But over time inert surfaces can degrade and test flow paths can corrode due to frequent rinse cycles from...

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...