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October 14 2013 Process Analytical

Electronic Property Characterization of SilcoTek Coatings

by Dr. Min Yuan Recently there has been an increasing amount of inquiries from existing and potential customers on the electrical properties of SilcoTek coatings. Different customers require...

October 10 2013 Process Analytical

Minamata And The Importance of Accurate Mercury Testing

Why is accurate mercury testing important? Just look to history and the signing of the UN treaty to control mercury in Minamata Japan. Over 50 years ago, Japan experienced that country's worst...

October 01 2013 Process Analytical

SilcoNert® 2000 Improves Flare Gas Sampling Performance

SilcoNert® 2000 (Sulfinert®) is a key component in improved sampling of flare gas streams. SilcoNert 2000 coated analyzer components improve ultra low level sampling of common flare gasses such as...

September 18 2013 Process Analytical

Mercury Continuous Emissions Monitoring Improved

GE recently patented an improved mercury ionic gas generator for continuous emissions monitoring systems US Patent 8,119,409 B2. The generator features improved corrosion resistance and inertness by...

September 04 2013 Process Analytical

How to improve corrosion resistance and reliability of super alloys

Proven Corrosion Resistance Ceralink Inc and BASF Catalysts compared HCl corrosion resistance of various alloys. After 60 tests, Silcolloy® 1000 (Silcosteel®-CR) improved corrosion resistance of...

August 29 2013 Process Analytical

Reliable Mercury Testing Using SilcoNert 2000

The National Energy Technology Laboratory uses SilcoNert® 2000 (Sulfinert®) to improve the reliability of mercury testing when evaluating new mercury emissions technology. The EERC and Corning Inc....

August 19 2013 Process Analytical

Comparing Sulfur, H2S Performance

SilcoTek customer American Mobile Research Inc. performed a comparative study of sulfur, H2S, and other sulfur species performance in stainless steel, steel, aluminum, PTFE coated, and SilcoNert 2000...

August 05 2013 Process Analytical

Reduce H2S Adsorption in Stainless Steel Filters

SilcoTek customer, Classic Filters, uses SilcoNert 2000 to reduce H2S and sulfur adsorption in stainless steel filters. Why? Because high durability stainless steel filters have a tremendous amount...

July 31 2013 Process Analytical

How to improve H2S stability & response in sampling lines & filters?

A customer recently approached us with a problem. Their sample system suffered from erratic readings, low stability, loss of H2S readings and long response time. The customer was sampling through...