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How Si-COAT RTV Silicone HVIC Functions (4 of 8)

When an insulator has been coated with RTV silicone, contaminants from the surroundings deposit directly onto the surface of the coating and rest on the monolayer of LMWS. Again, because of its very low surface free energy, the LMWS begins to creep over the contaminant particle until it is fully encapsulated in a monolayer of LMWS.

Figure 3: Contaminant particles that land on the coating surface are quickly microencapsulated by the monolayer of LMWS in Si-COAT

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