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April 22 2025 Chemical Inertness

NASA's Curiosity's Job Made Easier with SilcoTek Coatings

There IS (or WAS) Life on Mars?! NASA’s Curiosity rover recently made a groundbreaking discovery: the largest organic molecules ever found on Mars, including long-chain hydrocarbons such as decane,...

April 11 2025 Chemical Inertness

PFAS-Free Alternatives for Analytical Systems

PFAS is a hot-botton topic these days with new regulations being continuously handed down. This year at Pittcon 2025, our Dr. Jesse Bischof, Senior Scientist at SilcoTek, discussed Material Selection...

December 17 2024 Corrosion

Enhancing Monel® Hardware with SilcoTek Coatings

In the realm of high-performance materials, Monel, a nickel-copper alloy, has long been celebrated for its superior corrosion resistance and mechanical durability. In many applications, Monel has...

October 25 2024 Corrosion

Enhancing Tubing Performance: SilcoTek's Coating Solutions

The global stainless steel market, valued at over $111 billion, underscores the critical role of high-performance tubing in modern industry. From analytical instruments to semiconductor manufacturing...

October 15 2024 sulfur analysis

Inert Coatings Improve Sulfur Sampling with Monel® Cylinders

This week, SilcoTek's Clay Smith attended the Gulf Coast Conference (GCC) that took place Oct 15-16 at the Moody Gardens Conference Center in Galveston, TX. At GCC, SilcoTek showcased our latest...

August 16 2024 Process Analytical

Inert Coated Air Sampling Hardware used to detect Carbon Monoxide in Local School

In a case that is local to SilcoTek, forty-one students at the North Star School District and Somerset County Technology Center in Somerset County, PA mysteriously fell sick in April of this year....

March 08 2024 Process Analytical

Portable Natural Gas Monitoring Made Possible With SilcoTek Coatings

A recent article in the Journal of Chromatography A, entitled Portable Chemical Detection Platform for On-Site Monitoring of Odorant Levels in Natural Gas, describes a detection platform developed to...

February 16 2024 Corrosion

8 Tips to Ensure Gas Regulator Reliability

Gas regulators play a crucial role in maintaining precise pressure control across various industries, with engineers and technicians relying on them to operate flawlessly, even under challenging...

February 09 2024 Semiconductor

The Impact of SilcoTek Coatings on Halogens

In today's dynamic landscape, the raw material supply chain plays an important role in meeting increasing global demand. The need for enhanced material purity has never been more critical,...