The invention provides a process for producing a fluorine-containing compound from an inexpensive material. The device comprises a structure of one or more monolith segments of porous material each monolith segment defining a plurality of passageways extending longitudinally from a bottom feed end face to a top retentate end face. Also, the present invention provides a database of descriptors which can be used to define an organism, tissue type, cell type, and the like, and which database can be used in conjunction with other public and private databases to identify or characterize an organism, tissue type, cell type, state of differentiation, or physiologic state of an organism, or tissue or cell sample. The RC clamping circuitry also includes chip level conductive layer connections between each of the distributed building blocks. At the same time, dense and pore-free, mechanically strong cast parts are produced by the method. One or more credentials may be generated to access a Secure KeyStore storing the key, wherein the one or more credentials may include one or more stable system values, and wherein the one or more stable system values may include one or more virtual values and one or more hardware values.