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April 03 2015 sulfur analysis

Taking Some Of The Mystery Out Of Sulfur and H2S Sampling

A Texas refinery suspected higher than normal H2S in their flare gas. Yet the H2S sampling system showed emissions were within spec. But why was the low level calibration showing no H2S? The...

March 31 2015

SilcoTek Announces New Coating Initiative. Let's Coat The Ocean!

SilcoTek announced today it's most ambitious coating project yet. Paul Silvis, President and Head Coach, announced plans to coat the Atlantic ocean! Fish jumped for joy at the possibility of finally...

March 27 2015 bio-medical

How to Make Your Instrument Bio Compatible

Why buy a new instrument when the one you already have can be made resistant to protein binding and carryover? Bio-inert Dursan® can be applied to medical sampling system components, significantly...

March 20 2015 Process Analytical

Inert Coatings: One Way To Find Impurities In Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Hydrogen fueled vehicles are popping up around the country. Vehicle manufacturers are offering hydrogen power as a way to achieve low carbon emissions. Unfortunately hydrogen fuel cells are...

March 13 2015 Semiconductor

Semiconductor Tool Corrosion? New Dursox Coating Solves Your Problem!

We put Dursan on an oxygen diet. The result? Dursox, a new high purity, corrosion resistant barrier coating for semiconductor manufacturing applications. Dursox™ is a thin but durable silicon oxide...

March 05 2015 Chemical Inertness

Going to Pittcon? Stop By Our Booth And Learn About Inert Coatings

Curious about how inert coatings can improve the performance of GC, LC and other analytical instruments? Stop by our booth # 1036 at Pittcon in New Orleans next week and chat with our coating...

February 27 2015 sulfur analysis

How To Maintain Subpart JA Compliance? SilcoTek Can Help

Flare emissions monitoring can be a challenge. High heat, low ppm sampling, tedious calibration, and unreliable sampling systems all seem to conspire to make flare and stack sampling seem like an...

February 20 2015 Corrosion

Why Choose Dursan Bio-Inert Coating?

Dursan® bio-inert coating prevents protein carryover and false readings while improving instrument durability. Medical device manufacturers, diagnostic equipment and LC instrumentation used for...

February 13 2015 Corrosion

Up The Stack Part 2: Contending With Corrosion In Stacks and Flares

Stacks and flares are ideal environments for promoting corrosion. A typical coal fired combustion gas stream will consist of several acidic compounds like: SO2 SO3 NOx HCl Add in significant amounts...