Improve Analytical and Process Sampling
SilcoTek® offers CVD coating solutions to make your analytical and sampling systems perform better. Our chemically inert coatings improve test accuracy and reliability by preventing chemical reactions between the sample and flow path surface. Get the right coating solution for your process and products.
SilcoTek's CVD silicon coating process bonds inert, non-reactive coatings like Dursan® and SilcoNert® to the surface. The chemically inert coatings prevent interaction of the sample with the reactive flow path surface.
Comparative Testing
SilcoNert 2000 offers part-per-billion sensitivity without costly system redesign or new process development, saving labs time while improving quality. Field testing or harsh environments like stack testing demand both inertness and durability. Dursan offers parts-per-million inertness while withstanding corrosive attack. Making it ideal for process analytical applications. Comparative testing demonstrates the effectiveness of SilcoNert. Reactive flow paths (left GC chromatograph) cause peak distortion, lost peaks, and can lead to retesting or test failures. SilcoNert coated flow paths (right graph) assure complete peak resolution without distortion.
SilcoTek® coatings improve performance & prevent common sampling and test problems.
Reactive Flow Path: Lost Peaks and Poor Peak Shape
SilcoNert Flow Path: Prevent Peak Loss and Distortion
Without inert coatings like SilcoNert® and Dursan®, analyzer and downhole sampling systems produce inconsistent or substandard results, such as:
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Without an inert coating like SilcoNert®, analyzers will produce inconsistent or substandard results, such as:
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Select The Right Surface For Ammonia Sampling
7 Tips For Improved Analytical Sampling
SilcoTek sample cylinder coating and sample flow path coatings improve yield, and efficiency in a wide variety of applications:
SilcoNert® 2000 and Dursan® coated sample cylinders, sample cylinder valves, and dip tubes allow precise fluid sampling and delivery with unsurpassed reliability, durability, and precision. Our coatings are non adsorptive to active and reactive compounds like:
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Stainless steel columns and flow paths can interact with the analyte, causing adsorption and poor chromatography. CVD coatings, like Dursan, create an iron-free bio-inert flow path that minimizes unwanted interaction with proteins, peptides, chelating molecules, and other troublesome analytes. Benefits of an inert metal-free HPLC column coating include:
Chelating agent analysis demonstrates the benefit of the Dursan coating. The resolution quality of tetracycline on a stainless steel column (A) showed poor peak shape and response. The Dursan® coated column (B) significantly improved the peak shape and response.
We're here to give you tips to guide you through the evaluation and purchase process. Watch our coating video to see how we improve the performance of your products.
Go to our Buying and Using Our Coatings page and we'll guide you through the purchasing process. Or have a Customer Service Representative contact you, our Customer Service staff and Technical Support staff are here to help guide you through the coating process, including:
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