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Trial Number 6

Trial Purpose:

To find the best fit product for cleaning Leach Garner’s #9 Marvel Mystery from copper and stainless steel surfaces meant to resemble the cleaning of precious metals.

Date Run:

09/25/2016

Experiment Procedure:

Coupons of stainless steel and copper were selected and arranged on trays, so that each cleaner had an assigned set of each surface. Before taking initial weights coupons were wiped down with Kimwipes. After taking weights the coupons were promptly soiled and reweighed. All cleaners were gathered in respective bottles and beakers. A stir bar was used in conjunction with a heating plate equipped to stir the solutions. The coupons were added to the beakers three of a kind at one time, and then allowed to sit in the stirred solution at room temperature for 5 minutes while observations were taken. Finally, clean weights were taken at the end of all the testing.

Trial Results:

Cleaner Substrate Initial wt. Final wt. % Cont Removed % Overall
FluoSolv CX Stainless 0.0559 0.0046 91.77  
Stainless 0.0635 0.0044 93.07 92.90
  Stainless 0.0667 0.0041 93.85  
  Copper 0.0545 0.0041 92.48  
  Copper 0.0479 0.0039 91.86 92.16
  Copper 0.0508 0.0040 92.13  
Fluosolv NC Stainless 0.0339 0.0037 89.09  
Stainless 0.0951 0.0083 91.27 90.41
  Stainless 0.0471 0.0043 90.87  
  Copper 0.0590 0.0049 91.69  
  Copper 0.0667 0.0045 93.25 92.28
  Copper 0.0494 0.0040 91.90  
Vertrel Sion Stainless 0.0786 0.0010 98.73  
Stainless 0.0567 0.0002 99.65 99.38
  Stainless 0.0433 0.0001 99.77  
  Copper 0.0323 0.0012 96.28  
  Copper 0.0382 0.0011 97.12 97.39
  Copper 0.0804 0.0010 98.76  
Solstice PF Stainless 0.0384 0.0000 100.00  
  Stainless 0.0448 0.0005 98.88 99.32
  Stainless 0.0216 0.0002 99.07  
  Copper 0.0377 0.0000 100.00  
  Copper 0.0346 0.0002 99.42 99.59
  Copper 0.0459 0.0003 99.35  

Success Rating:

Results successful using TACT (time, agitation, concentration, and temperature, as well as rinsing and drying) and/or other cleaning chemistries examined.

Conclusion:

The cleaners selected worked well in dissolving the oil. There was some filming and streaking present, especially with FluoSolv CX and FluoSolv NC. Vertrel Sion and Solstice PF were the better of the cleaners, even though they did have some streaking and some residue in the case of Solstice PF. Of the two better cleaners, Vertrel Sion showed the least visual streaking.

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