According to Grand View Research, the global stainless steel market size was valued at $111.44 billion USD in 2022. That's a lot of tubing! As with most equipment, tubing can present problem… Read More
Dielectric Properties of SilcoTek Coatings
Aside from the most common surface properties required of SilcoTek’s CVD coatings (such as chemical inertness, c… Read More
This week, we wanted to talk about how to get the most out of your SilcoTek® coatings. Much like our roads, SilcoTek coatings can show signs of wear over time. Of course, there are thing… Read More
Measuring the Porosity (or lack thereof) of SilcoTek® Coatings
SilcoTek® provides thin film coatings deposited via Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD). Customers often ask for t… Read More
This week, we're talking about the 4th and final book in our Ultimate Guide E-Book series, entitled Troubleshooting and Protecting the Sampling System. Over the last few months, we've done b… Read More
This week, we're featuring the third book in our Ultimate Guide E-book series, Managing Challenging Sampling Environments.
Click the links to see the blog posts on books one and two… Read More
Wear is a Nightmare
Wear can cause problems in most applications and can be frustrating, expensive, and time-consuming to deal with. We were curious about the wear resistance of our coa… Read More
SilcoTek inert, corrosion resistant, hydrophobic and icephobic CVD coatings benefit hydrogen use and production by improving trace detection of sulfurs, ammonia, and other reactive compounds… Read More
How do you know if your coating is still performing as it should? We get this question quite often and the answer is... not that simple. Each situation is different, which makes it difficult… Read More
We frequently get questions about the electrical conductivity of our coatings. SilcoTek® offers coatings that are both conductive and insulative for various applications. We will charact… Read More
Some people welcome the leaves turning, lower temperatures, and are enjoying their pumpkin spice lattes. If you're anything like me, this time of the year is always a drag. As the weather in… Read More
SilcoTek® and NASA have had a long history together, and our journey continues with the Spacecraft Atmosphere Monitor (S.A.M.) system. This system is designed to monitor the atmosphere w… Read More
Pressure gauges have been around for a long time. So why are they hard to coat? We discuss pressure gauge basics and why they're not coated.
Challenges to Coating Pressure G… Read More
Metals can leach ions into process streams, contaminating product, impacting yield, and damaging processes. In this blog we discuss metal ion leaching and how to prevent con… Read More
Learn how Silcolloy® and Dursan® improve the corrosion resistance and reduce maintenance of plant exhaust and scrubber systems.
Improving the Lifetime of Industrial Exhaust System… Read More
In part 3 our our blog series, we test and compare how Silcolloy® and improved Silcolloy protect stainless steel from oxidation and corrosion after high temperature exposure.
Can Si… Read More
We discuss tips on how to prevent gas regulator failures in spec gas and chemical process gas delivery systems.
Tips for Improved Gas Delivery System Performance
Gas regulators are at… Read More
In this blog post we'll discuss how Dursan® and Silcolloy® can be used to inhibit carbonyl formation in carbon monoxide gas streams.
Inhibiting Carbonyl Formation in Carbon Mono… Read More
We discuss how and why SilcoTek® coatings are used in research.
How CVD Silicon Coatings Improve Research
If you do a web search for the words "SilcoTek" and "journal" you get over… Read More
We discuss tips on how to prevent gas regulator failures in spec gas and chemical process gas delivery systems.
Tips for Preventing Gas Regulator Failures
Gas regulators are at the for… Read More