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January 13 2017 Corrosion

How To Passivate HPLC Stainless Steel For Corrosion Resistance

Nitric acid passivation is commonly used in an effort to remove exogenous iron from surfaces and to prevent staining in the hope that the stainless steel flowpath will become more corrosion resistant...

January 06 2017 SilcoTek

Protecting Intellectual Property, Is The Death Star Covered By Patents

* ** SilcoTek® coatings are utilized for a multitude of applications in space, ranging from propulsion to analytical. The ever increasing utilization of space for communications, national defense and...

December 23 2016 SilcoTek

SilcoTek Year In Review

Well it's that time of year again when we reflect on our accomplishments and not-so-accomplishments of 2016. Rather than hear me whine about how those 20 lbs I failed to lose, let's talk about...

December 16 2016 SilcoTek

A SilcoTek Christmas Sales Call

The following is an excerpt from an actual SilcoTek® sales team conversation (Similarities to actual or perceived customers is purely coincidental)** Mark: You're kidding me. He wants us to visit?...

December 09 2016 Chemical Inertness

SilcoNert vs. Dursan An Epic Battle

We're in the midst of incredible change and conflict. Today we watch opposing ideology and strategy compete for control and superiority on an epic scale. I'm of course talking about football. We're...

December 02 2016 Chemical Inertness

What Is An Inert Surface?  3 Ways To Tell If A Flowpath Is Inert

* If you're familiar with the SilcoTek® website and blogs you know that we offer inert coatings. But what does that mean? A web search will tell you that an inert substance is not chemically...

November 23 2016 sulfur analysis

Is This The End Of Tier III?

The US election and change in Presidential Administration will most likely bring about unprecedented change in US regulatory statutes. Your guess is as good as mine as to how far regulatory change...

November 18 2016

SilcoTek Exposes 5 Thanksgiving Myths, Or Are They Facts?

* It's turkey time! My favorite time of year. It's a time when families gather, eat a fabulous meal and watch great football...errrr bond together, yeah, that's it we sit and talk around the fire,...

November 11 2016 Process Analytical

Trouble Finding The Right Inert Coating?  SilcoTek Can Help.

Question of the week, how many coatings does SilcoTek® make? Well if you go to our navigation bar and click the coatings tab, the answer is there plain an simple, sort of.... You're probably thinking...