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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...

February 06 2015 Chemical Inertness

Inert Coatings Up The Stack, Tips Assure Reliable Mercury Measurement

The last 15 years have shown an increasing need for inert coatings to improve analytical results obtained in systems used for mercury and sulfur sampling. Regulations for mercury emissions from coal...

January 30 2015 Process Analytical

But For SilcoNert There Would Be No Reliable Subpart Ja Flare Sampling

40 C.F.R. 60.100 Subpart Ja mandates refinery flare sulfur detection limits as low as 8ppm. The regulation makes reliable and robust sampling and analysis of emissions more essential than ever....

January 23 2015 Corrosion

How Corrosion Resistant Is Dursan? Let's Find Out.

You may know that Dursan® is a great coating for field sampling and transfer applications (like oil & gas or environmental) . But I bet you didn't know just how corrosion resistant Dursan is. Here...

January 14 2015

What Goes Into the Best Inert Coatings? Outstanding Material Science!

Materials characterization capabilities of SilcoTek® Materials characterization capabilities serve an essential role at SilcoTek® to develop new inert coating products, and an equally essential role...