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Trial Number 6

Trial Purpose:

To evaluate successful products on second supplied contaminant using ultrasonics and heat.

Date Run:

09/23/2008

Experiment Procedure:

Eight products were selected from the previous trial based on success on removing the supplied soil. Five products were diluted to 5% using DI water in 400 ml beakers. The other three were used at full strength based on vendor recommendations. Beakers were immersed and heated to 130 F in a Branson 40 kHz ultrasonic tank. Solutions were degassed for five minutes.

Twenty-four preweighed steel coupons were coated with the rust preventative VCI 368 using a hand held swab. Coupons were weighed again to determine the amount of soil added. Three coupons were cleaned in each solution for 10 minutes using ultrasonic energy. Coupons were rinsed for 15 seconds in tap water at 120 F and dried using compressed air at room temperature for 30 seconds. Final weights were recorded and efficiencies calculated.

Trial Results:

Six of the eight products removed over 85% of the second supplied contaminant using heated ultrasonics. Five of these products removed over 90%. Kyzen's Ionox HC 2 and Chem Free Corp Ozzy Juice SW 1 were the two products that did not remove over 85%. The table lists the amount of soil added, the amount remaining and the efficiency for each coupon cleaned.

Cleaner Initial wt Final wt % Removed
Aquavantage 1400 GD
  0.4064 0.0176 95.67
  0.4338 0.0218 94.97
  0.4076 0.0162 96.03
Grease Feast
  0.2940 0.0321 89.08
  0.4619 0.0129 97.21
  0.4403 0.0130 97.05
SC Aircraft & Metal Cleaner
  0.2726 0.0157 94.24
  0.2216 0.0093 95.80
  0.3492 0.0180 94.85
SC MaxiSolve
  0.3530 0.0330 90.65
  0.3187 0.0211 93.38
  0.3699 0.0527 85.75
Ozzy Juice SW1
  0.3302 0.0491 85.13
  0.2597 0.0457 82.40
  0.2371 0.0847 64.28
Smart Solve 605
  0.3111 0.0299 90.39
  0.4758 0.0171 96.41
  0.4421 0.0326 92.63
Bean-e-doo
  0.4102 0.0102 97.51
  0.3815 0.0213 94.42
  0.5301 0.0216 95.93
Ionox HC2
  0.4945 0.1077 78.22
  0.3760 0.1056 71.91
  0.4377 0.0884 79.80

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 top six products will be used on the third supplied contaminant under the same conditions.

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