Resources and Data - SilcoTek

28 Jul.,2025

 

Resources and Data - SilcoTek

Cooling Helium-Based Process Gas for 3D Metal Printing

A company specializing in laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) metal printing required a sanitary-type shell & tube heat exchanger to cool Helium-based process gas used in their advanced 3D printing process. The process gas, Helistar A, is a critical mixture comprising of 90% Helium, 7.5% Argon, 2.5% CO2. The solution needed to meet the precise cooling requirements of the printing operation, cooling the process gas from 110°C down to 20°C.

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Optimizing Cooling for Highly Corrosive Process Fluids

A customer needed a heat exchanger solution to enhance the cooling process of various acids and bases to counteract the heat generated by process equipment such as pumps and reactors.

SilcoTalk: How CVD Coatings Improve Jet Fuel Oxidation in Additively Manufactured Parts with Dr. Min Yuan

Dr. Min Yuan interviews co-authors of Applied Thermal Engineering paper, Jet Fuel Oxidation on Conventionally and Additively Manufactured Steel Tubes, to discuss their research and how SilcoTek CVD coatings played a part in their success.

The Effect of Passivation on Long-term HCl Corrosion Performance on Three SilcoTek Coatings

The purpose of this TI is to study the impact of substrate passivation before coating on the long-term HCl corrosion performance of three SilcoTek coatings.

SilcoTek Coating Process

See the SilcoTek coating process in depth from receipt of your parts to shipment back to you!

Breakthroughs in Material Compatibility of Inert Coatings for Sampling and Analytical Systems

SilcoTek's Clay Smith's presentation highlights the significance of coatings like SilcoNert in ensuring the reliability and accuracy of analytical systems, especially in the context of evolving technical and regulatory needs.

Introducing Siltride: A SilcoTek Webinar Event

This presentation explains how and why Siltride CVD technology was developed, what makes Siltride different and the data explaining how it could solve your surface problems, and how our customers are reacting to their success with Siltride, including a case study with Samsung.

Introducing Siltride: A SilcoTek Webinar Event

SilcoTek's Nik Snyder explains how and why Siltride CVD technology was developed, what makes Siltride different and the data explaining how it could solve your surface problems, and how our customers are reacting to their success with Siltride, including a case study with Samsung.

Issues with Metals in Nucleotide Based Pharmaceutical Production

This TI will discuss a brief history and background of nucleotide therapeutics, how metals can negatively impact their production, and how Dursan can help alleviate these issues.

Improving Mercury Detection with Equinor in Europe’s Largest Methanol Production Plant

This case study details how SilcoTek helped one of the largest imternational energy companies in the world, Wood, to ensure accurate mercury analysis in Europe's largest methanol plant amid tight deadlines to re-0pen the plant.

Illustrating Coating Thickness

This technical insight provides an overview of SilcoTek's coating processes, emphasizing the unique nature of the Notak surface modification, which binds molecules to the substrate surface, forming an ultra-thin layer.

Electrostatic Safety Test of Dursan Coating

SilcoTek's Dursan coating underwent an electrostatic safety test by Dekra Testing. No discharge or charge transfer was observed, confirming its safety according to IEC standards. The coating is considered electrostatically safe on metallic substrates with the specified thickness.

Improve Analytical Results with Metal-Free HPLC Components

LCGC® Webcast partnered with SilcoTek's Dr. Jesse Bischof, who discusses the advantages of bioinert equipment used for analytical gas chromotography applications. He demonstrates how Dursan prevents metal ion leaching in a variety of solvents. Preventing metal ions from interacting with chromatography results in better analysis.

How Porous Are Our Coatings?

SilcoTek® offers coatings for a variety of industries and an even wider variety of applications. We often are asked “how porous are your coatings?” The short answer is “they are not porous”, but the long answer will be described here.

Enhance Process Sampling Accuracy and Safety with SilcoTek Coatings and SENSOR Sampling Systems

SilcoTek partnered with SOR Controls Group to provide metal ion leaching and corrosion solutions for their customers interested in coated sampling systems. By providing a cost-efficient and quick solution, SilcoTek was the perfect match for their sampling system problems.

Inert CVD Coating Comparison: Does the Supplier Matter?

Inert CVD Coating Comparison: Does the Supplier Matter? Are all “inert” silicon-based CVD coatings the same? According to the data, the answer is an emphatic no. If our 30+ year reputation isn’t enough, the objective studies in this literature prove that when quality and performance really matter, SilcoTek® is the only trusted source for the most inert coatings available.

Dursan’s Successful Integration Into a Customized Mold System

The aim of this paper was to develop a mass-production capable and cost effective manufacturing process for polymer films with multifunctional surfaces. This TI is an executive summary of a proceeding from euspen’s 22nd International Conference & Exhibition held in Geneva in May and June of .

Dursan® versus PEEK

An inert flow path is mandatory in modern HPLC analysis in order to manage the complex and reactive samples commonly used in today’s fast-paced analytical world. Modern LC systems feature an array of materials including costly alloys and polymers like PEEK to achieve inertness, but these materials come with their own set of limitations.

Improving Corrosion Resistance of PVC Molds with Dursan® Coating Technology

SilcoTek® coatings are used in a variety of applications for altering surface energy and providing corrosion protection. In this case study, the customer experienced problems with their stainless steel molds including release complications and mold corrosion.

Spacecraft Atmosphere Monitor (S.A.M.): SilcoTek® helping humans get to the moon again

The Spacecraft Atmosphere Monitor (S.A.M.) system is designed to monitor the atmosphere within the spacecraft to ensure the astronauts are not breathing harmful chemical compounds. This TI walks through the system’s past, present, and future with SilcoTek.

Ensuring Accurate Analysis in a Process Mass Spectrometer with SilcoNert®

When building a process mass spectrometer sampling system for a customer, Control Analytics, Inc. turned to SilcoTek® to ensure they produce the most reliable and accurate system.

Ensuring Reliable and Repeatable Testing of BTEX Compounds with SilcoNert®

SilcoTek® is proud to work together with Smith Analytical to ensure they can provide their customer with a high quality and reliable analytical system.

Saving Time and Product in a Corrosive Filling System with Dursan® Coating Technology

The ASEA® manufacturing facility was experiencing corrosion in their fill system that could not be combated with a nickel PTFE coating.

Improving Corrosion Resistance and Reducing Cost

Turner Designs Hydrocarbon Instruments Inc. found that SilcoTek® coatings met their customer’s need for a low cost corrosion resistant coating able to stand up to harsh environments found in oil and gas exploration.

Preventing Corrosion and Contamination in Samsung Scrubbers Systems with Siltride

When Samsung reached out concerning corrosion in their gas abatement systems (exhaust scrubbers), SilcoTek® jumped at the opportunity to help them create a game-changing system.

What's the Advantage of Preheating my Stainless Steel Parts for Coating Service?

SilcoTek® recommends customers who use coated stainless-steel parts in high temperature applications (over 450°C) to preheat the parts prior to sending them in for coating. This recommendation was based primarily on the knowledge of metal sensitization but lacked actual data support. This technical insight provides experimental data to show when and how preheating before coating may benefit high temperature applications.

Coating Properties Quick Reference Guide

A review of the properties and performance of our coatings. Compare and select the right coating for your application.

Introductory Presentation, SilcoTek® 101

Read our introductory presentation and learn about our CVD coating process and how our coatings can benefit your products and process.

Removing Oil and Grease From Coated Surfaces

Watch how to remove oil and grease from a coated surface. And watch how the coating seems to disappear and reappear!

Medical Application E-book

Learn how to achieve better bioanalytical results with SilcoTek® coatings. Our coatings e-book will discuss how Dursan® and other CVD coatings improve material performance and how inert coatings are ideal for bioanalytical and medical diagnostic applications.

Troubleshooting and Protecting the Sampling System

Get our tips and strategies for solving industrial sampling problems. Learn how to solve sample cylinder inertness problems and sample transfer problems while improving sample transfer reliability in process and analytical systems.

Managing Challenging Sampling Environments

Learn how to sample and test successfully in challenging environments. Manage moisture, corrosion and reactive compounds with inert coatings for your instrumentation and sampling systems while getting reliable and accurate results.

Coating Care Webinar

Watch our coating care webinar to get the complete story on how to get the most out of SilcoTek® coatings.

Coating Flexibility Demonstration

We bend, smash and try our best to break our CVD coatings. See how SilcoTek® coatings remain intact even under extreme stress.

Low Temperature Demonstration

We drop the temperature to see if Dursan® can withstand cracking and peeling. How low can Dursan go?

SilcoTek®’s Optimized Coating Process for Aluminum and Other Metals

SilcoTek® has an optimized process for coating Aluminum parts in order to ensure the same quality coating that is always provided by SilcoTek on other substrates. Learn about our SP12 process.

Acceptable Appearance of SilcoTek®’s Coatings

This application brief will explain the reason behind the appearance of our coatings and how it falls into our acceptable specifications.

CVD Coatings for Packaging Equipment

SilcoTek® is helping OEM and end-users in the packaging equipment market to minimize the need for costly part replacement and production line downtime using our Dursan® coating technology.

CVD Coatings for Plastics Molding

Learn how SilcoTek® is helping customers in the plastics molding industry solve their surface problems successfully by using our Dursan® coating technology on their metal molds.

SilcoTek® Coatings and In Vitro Diagnostic Probes

SilcoTek®’s Dursan® technology improves corrosion resistance while reducing protein carryover and contamination. Dursan® has been rigorously tested to ensure proper performance and to earn an NSF Certification and a USP Class VI Certification.

High Purity Coatings from Science to Performance

Learn how SilcoTek® high purity coatings can improve the performance of your products and process. Get coating performance data and see how our high purity silicon coatings improve stainless steel surfaces.

An Inside Look at SilcoTek®'s Coating Process

Learn about how our coatings are applied to your products. Take an informative walk through the coating process and learn how to improve your products.

Leveraging the SilcoTek® Partner Network to Make Your Coating Process Easy

Learn how to make the most out of our partner network and make buying and using our coatings easier. Learn how to become a partner to increase part quality and sales.

Inertness

SilcoNert® has been improving the quality and accuracy of analytical applications with its inert chemical resistance for over 15 years.

CVD Coatings for Medical Devices

Learn how SilcoTek® is helping customers in the medical device and diagnostics industry to solve their component surface problems successfully by using our Dursan® coating technology.

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Improve Reliability and Accuracy of Sulfur, Mercury and NOx Sampling and Analysis Equipment

A review of how silicon coating improve the reliability and accuracy of sampling systems used in sulfur, mercury, NOx, and ammonia testing in exhaust, CEMS, and flare gas streams.

SilcoTek®Corrosion Resistant CVD Coatings

Get corrosion resistance data on a wide range of coatings and materials. See how SilcoTek® coatings can improve the corrosion resistance of your products by 10x or more.

An Introduction to Inert Coatings

Learn how to ensure your sampling system always delivers maximum reliability. This e-book contains tips on how to improve product performance with inert coatings and how to improve surface performance over passivation.

Keys to a High-Performance Analytical System

This e-book features tips about how to improve your analytical sampling system. The e-book features signs your analytical system is not performing optimally and how to tell if a flow path is inert (and why it matters).

SilcoTek® 101

A comprehensive overview of SilcoTek® and its patented CVD coating process. Questions about how we can improve the performance of parts? What markets we serve? Ideal applications for using our coatings? This e-book answers your questions.

Biomass Waste to Jet Fuels: How Dursan® Assists in Making New Sustainable Fuels

This Technical Insight will explore a recent publication that investigates kinetics and reactor design for the ketonization process and where Dursan® can aid in better conversion rates.

Technical Insight: Dursan®’s Use in the Food and Beverage Industry: A Walk Through of the Beer Brewing Process

In this Technical Insight we will focus on what a coating could potentially do in the food and beverage industry if metal ions can be blocked from entering the product.

Technical Insight: Dursan® Process Achieves USP Class VI Certification

This Technical Insight will discuss the details of this test, and the results of an investigation into samples that were coated with Dursan® and subjected to Class VI testing.

Use of Inert CVD Coating for Protein, Corrosion, and Moisture Resistance in Bioanalysis Applications

This paper will introduce Dursan® [1, 2], a siliconoxygen-carbon (carboxysilicon) coating that provides biochemical inertness, a low affinity for adsorbing proteins and other bio-molecules, corrosion resistance, and low energy properties to stainless steel and other substrates.

Penn State Multi-Discipline Tribology Group and Energy Institute Studies

This study discusses the impact of coatings and various fuels have on carbon fouling and soot formation in various test engines.

Coating Anodized Aluminum Surfaces Technical Insight

This Technical insight will discuss the impact of anodization and hard anodization on aluminum surface finish, and how they may affect the success of SilcoTek®’s coating processes.

Autoclave and Steam Impact to SilcoTek® Coatings

This Technical Insight is a summary of findings on the effect of autoclave exposure on various surfaces offered by Silcotek®, using contact angles, thickness, and FT-IR spectroscopy as characterization methods.

Impact of Substrate Imperfections on the Appearance of SilcoTek®’s Coatings

This whitepaper discusses the various types of surface defects that contribute to an imperfect coating appearance, and how SilcoTek® may or may not be able to improve the appearances on these parts.

A Comparison of Coatings Used to Enhance the Moisture Performance of Analyzer Flow Paths

This paper will review test data and recommend coating compatibility for moisture and moisture related adsorptive effects in continuous emission monitor (CEM) flow paths.

Technical Insight: Relative Response Time When Measuring Moisture Content in a Sample Stream

This report will determine relative response times of commercial 316L SS tubing, electropolished 316L SS tubing, and SilcoNert®-coated electropolished 316L SS tubing for the transmission of sample streams containing low concentrations of moisture.

Contact Angle Evaluation of SilcoTek® Depositions

This report will evaluate and discuss the significance of contact angle data for two different liquids on a variety of SilcoTek® surfaces. SilcoNert® , SilcoKlean®, Silcolloy®, Dursan® and a Dursan-based prototype will be highlighted.

Characterizing Performance and Reliability in Analytical Instruments

This paper presents laboratory corrosion and chemical inertness test results for a variety of chemically deposited coatings.

Technical Insight: Relative Response Time of TrueTube™ When Measuring Moisture Content in a Sample Stream

This Technical Insight will determine relative response times of commercial 316L SS tubing, electropolished 316L SS tubing, and SilcoNert® coated electropolished 316L SS tubing for the transmission of sample streams containing low concentrations of moisture.

Comparative Analysis of Tekmar and Purge and Trap Sample Concentrators

A comprehensive study is performed of SilcoTek® coated and uncoated surfaces utilized on both the Tekmar and Tekmar Sample Concentrators and the results are compared.

Technical Insight: Characterizing the Performance of Surface Modifications that Enhance Sensitivity, Reliability, Reproducbility and Accuracy of Analytical Instruments

This Technical Insight presents laboratory corrosion and chemical inertness test results of SilcoTek®’s CVD coatings, and evaluates their performance in environments common to the petrochemical, refining and offshore industries.

Mass Transport in Sample Transport Lines Adsorption Desorption Effects And Their Influence On Process Analytical Measurement

This paper will discuss theoretical and practical analysis of factors and design guidelines used to minimize sample loss and adsorption in analytical sampling systems.

Presentation: Passivation of Components Used for Sample Transfer and Holding

This presentation reviews sampling methods and results for trace level analysis of sulfur and sulfur containing compounds in various applications.

Technical Insight: Enhance Sensitivity, Reliability, Reproducbility and Accuracy of Analytical Instruments

This paper presents laboratory corrosion and chemical inertness test results of SilcoTek®’s CVD coatings, and evaluates their performance in environments common to the petrochemical, refining and offshore industries.

Technical Insight: Iodine Vapor Exposure Testing of SilcoTek® Coatings

NASA has developed an experiment to study the interaction between iodine and a variety of common spacecraft materials. In their tests, they have included Silcolloy® and Dursan®-coated coupons for evaluation.

Technical Insight: SilcoNert® on Aluminum for Measuring Ammonia

Researchers looking to develop an ammonia detection system investigated the use of anodized aluminum and SilcoNert® coated aluminum.

Presentation: The Use of Coatings to Improve Reliability for Ammonia

This presentation discusses multiple design factors to maximize system performance and reliability. Including surface inertness in ammonia sampling and other applications.

Improving Ammonia Reference Standards with Inert Coatings

In this report, researchers tested a number of different cylinder types by performing a series of decant tests at the 100 and 10 µmol/mol levels. They showed that adsorption of ammonia molecules on cylinder walls was minimised when the internal surfaces of stainless steel cylinders were passivated using the SilcoNert ® treatment.

Sampling and Analytical Methods

This paper discusses development of an arsine gas, selenium (as hydrogen selenide), and mercury (as elemental mercury) Analytical Method for Reducing Flue Gas Environments. A sampling protocol will be developed including sample-conditioning solutions that will convert the desired species into a form suitable for CEMs.

Presentation: Comparision of Surface Composition on Stability of Mercury Transfer and Holding

This presentation will discuss the need for inert system components when testing mercury. Prevent mercury loss and surface adsorption during holding and transfer.

Mercury Management and Chemical Decontamination

This whitepaper presents data from two separate analytical and chemical bench tests, designed to first measure baseline mercury mass and concentrations and then quantify the subsequent reductions from chemical processes as measured primarily by atomic fluorescence spectrometry.

Advanced Gassification Mercury/Trace Metal Control With Monolith Traps

This paper discusses ways to test mercury emissions from syngas sorbent samples. Inert coatings are used to minimize adsorption.

Presentation: The Do's and Don’ts in the Analysis of Sulfur for Polyolefin Producers

Get tips on how to accurately sample and test trace sulfur in GC analytical systems for refinery and process applications.

Presentation: Trace Level Sulfur Analysis in Refinery, Beverage and Environmental Applications

A review of trace level analysis of sulfur in refinery, beverage grade CO2, and environmental emissions analysis applications.

Presentation: The Preparation of Low Concentration Hydrogen Sulfide Standards

Learn about sulfur adsorption rate in stainless steel sample cylinders and how to minimize sample loss.

Performance of Total Sulfur Analysis in Refinery Flare Vent Gas Systems

This paper will discuss the method to extract and sample the process stream with minimal loss or adsorption of the analyte and provide data for on-line total sulfur and HHV analysis.

Adsorption Desorption Effects And Their Influence On Process Analytical Measurements

This paper presents laboratory corrosion and chemical inertness test results for a variety of chemically deposited coatings.

Technical Insight: Sodium Hydroxide, Base Exposure Resistance Testing

This Technical Insight explores the impact of 5% sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution on four SilcoTek coatings.

Technical Insight: Alloy MP35N Metal Ion Leaching

We investigate the metal ion leaching of MP35N in pure methanol, water, and acetonitrile.

Technical Insight: Acetonitrile Metal Ion Leaching

We test HPLC grade acetonitrile for metal ion leaching to see how it may compare to other typical solvents.

Technical Insight: Metal Ion Leaching in Deionized Water

We test ultrapure DI water to see if the corrosion patterns follow the methanol studies.

Technical Insight: Organic Solvent Metal Ion Leaching, C-22 Hastelloy

In this Technical Insight we investigate the corrosion and metal contamination of C-22 in pure methanol and the impact that SilcoTek® coatings have on this corrosion.

Technical Insight: Protection Against Metal Ion Contamination from Titanium and Stainless Steel

In this study titanium is investigated as a substrate for SilcoTek®’s coating prevention of metal ion leaching.

Technical Insight: Protection Against Organic Solvent Metal Ion Leaching

This Technical Insight will investigate whether Dursan® and other SilcoTek® coatings can prevent metal ions from leaching into pure organic solvents.

Technical Insight: Corrosion Rate Evaluation of SilcoTek® Coatings

This Technical Insight focuses on using an electrochemical method to gain corrosion rate information.

Improving Corrosion Resistance and Sampling Reliability with Inert-Coated Tubing

Testing was conducted to determine the relative corrosion resistance of Hastelloy C-22, commercial 316L SS, commercial tube with fused silica coating.

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