Silicon Carbide Contamination

Detectors (pelistors - I can't find the name now) used for detecting methane is very sensitive to the presence of Si. They are literally poisoned by minute traces of Si

Thanks Hendrik...But

Would I rub them on the gears? How many would I go through after 20K gears a day?

Sorry I was a bit pressed for time and did not give enough detail.

Try and google for pelisters and see what else they have available. It could just be possible to detect SiC in the same manner as methane or CO etc.

With power cuts me and the service provider don't seem to have long spells on the net.

The methane pelistors are poisoned by molecules of Si in the air. Rubbing should not be required. This negative testing will be expensive.

I think I have heard of SiC used to detect ultraviolet , Can UV not be useful to use it as an inverse sensor for SiC?

Can UV not be useful to use it as an inverse sensor for SiC?

This was my first thought, but SiC is not UV-Reactive under "black Light" wavelengths and I don't think you could get a tracer to stick to it. The stuff get ground down to an average size of 45 microns. Are there other wavelengths that will fluoresce SiC?

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Been to Beaver, OK & Slap-out, OK but don't know where broken Arrow Is

Just a tiny bit southeast of Tulsa OK.

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It would be different if you got on here asking for a supplier but you were not. I mean I work for a very large decal company but I don't get on here and tell people asking questions "Hey since your using stickers let us sell you some" especially not when you don't need that Information. You apparently have a good supplier so I imagine your happy with them and well I guess it just gets on my nerves sometimes.

I know I am not offering any solutions to your dilemma but I guess I got up on the wrong side of the bed today.

Sorry