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March 25 2016 Process Analytical

Where Corrosion Multiplies Damage By Orders Of Magnitude

As if corrosion wasn't bad enough! Excessive maintenance, frequent component replacement, and lost productivity add up to high cost and frequent headaches. According to US Government studies,...

March 18 2016 SilcoTek

Top 5 SilcoTek Coating Myths

Like mister Yetti and Nessi here, SilcoTek® coatings have their own cloud of myths hanging over their heads. No offense to the believers out there, you go right on searching for those mythical...

January 29 2016 Process Analytical

Better Corrosion Resistance?  Proof Inert Coatings Are Worth Its Salt

Many coastal applications like oil and gas platform, refinery, marine, and coastal air monitoring expose equipment and sample systems to highly corrosive salt environments. Sampling systems exposed...

October 16 2015 Process Analytical

How Inert Dursan Is Your All In One Analytical Solution

Monitoring process conditions and emissions are critical to plant performance. Unfortunately process sampling can be a complex and frustrating endeavor. Often analysts are frustrated by seemingly...

September 25 2015 Purity

Three Ways Inert Coatings Improve Instrument Durability

SilcoTek® coatings offer major improvements to inertness in sampling systems. But keeping your flowpath inert may not be the only issue to consider. If the sample or sample environment is corrosive,...

August 14 2015 Process Analytical

Can Inert Coatings Be Applied To Seal Surfaces?

No not that kind of seal, I'm talking about mechanical sealing systems, although this guy is cuter. Protecting fittings from corrosion and keeping them inert is important, but questions arise...

July 10 2015 SilcoTek

Exciting Developments in Silicon Barrier Coatings for Semicon

I wanted to share some new and exciting developments from SilcoTek® prior to SEMICON West 2015 in San Francisco. As you may already know, SilcoTek is the industry’s leading provider of high...

June 19 2015 sulfur analysis

Dursan Gets A Makeover And Inert Coatings Never Looked Better

SilcoTek® R&D gave Dursan® a makeover. A tweak here, a process tuck there and now Dursan is the belle of the ball! Well as far as an inert coating can be a belle and I'm not sure there's a ball for...

June 12 2015 Process Analytical

Can Inert Coatings Stand Up To Chemical Process Environments?

Can you help us with a problem? Technical Service gets a lot of calls from chemical and petrochemical plant operators asking that question. Usually material failures, quality issues, or high...