As the senior chemist at HumiSeal I've heard a couple of unusual stories.

Ants in India supposedly like to eat silicone. Contacts in the big silicone companies thought this was hilarious but one Monday morning I came into my lab and found a herd of dead ants (the lab included a lot of silicone chemicals in addition to silicone conformal coatings).

Parrots in Florida took a liking to a silicone coating used on electrical transmission equipment. The coating manufacturer added capsicum (the irritant in hot peppers) to the coating to eliminate the problem.

I know of operations where conformal coating is applied out doors in the US & other countries. All kinds of airborne debris end up in the coatings.

Ed








Edward Mines BEChE, MEChE
238 Willard Dr.
Hewlett, NY  11557
516 205-6523

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