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Trial Number 6

Client Number 478

Project Number 1

Trial Purpose:

To evaluate the effectiveness of three different Ascend formulations (Ware-washing, All Purpose TM09, and Hard Surface) with three different main ingredient variations (EDTA, DS IDA, and NTA) with All Purpose Testing.

Date Run:

07/14/2022

Experiment Procedure:

The following experiment conducted was the All Purpose TM09 formulation with EDTA, DS IDA, and NTA. The formulation consisted of 0.56 parts Citric Acid, 24 parts Glucapon 420, 5 parts (EDTA/DS IDA/NTA), and 70.44 parts water. Nine pre-weighed coupons, three of each substrate per cleaner, were soiled with Hucker's Soil Formulation (Jiff Creamy Peanut Butter 9.2%, Salted Butter 9.2%, Arrowhead Mills stone-ground wheat flour 9.2%, Egg Yolk 9.2%, Evaporated milk 13.8%, Distilled water 45.8%, Printer's ink with boiled linseed oil 0.9%, Shaws saline Solution 2.7%) that was distributed onto each coupon using a swab. Dirty weights were recorded after the coupons had dried for two hours at room temperature (68° F). Three coupons of the same substrate were aligned into a Single Line Washing Unit (SLW) with Wypall X60 attached to the cleaning sled. The Wypall X60 reinforced wipe along with the coupons were all sprayed three times with the cleaner and then allowed to soak for 30 seconds. Afterwards the SLW was activated and the coupons were cleaned for 20 cycles. Cleaned coupons dried overnight at room temperature before the final weights were recorded.

Trial Results:

Table 1: All Purpose TM09 Results

Product Substrate Initial wt of cont. Final wt of cont. % Cont Removed Average Overall Average
EDTA Ceramic 0.0993 0.0173 82.58 83.10 86.53
0.0840 0.0150 82.14
0.1129 0.0174 84.59
Painted Metal 0.1639 0.0185 88.71 87.93
0.1100 0.0156 85.82
0.1646 0.0177 89.25
Plastic 0.2329 0.0159 93.17 88.56
0.1468 0.0225 84.67
0.1613 0.0196 87.85
DS IDA Ceramic 0.1108 0.0207 81.32 84.17 86.90
0.1431 0.0176 87.70
0.1846 0.0305 83.48
Painted Metal 0.1585 0.0331 79.12 82.29
0.2616 0.0411 84.29
0.2475 0.0409 83.47
Plastic 0.1658 0.0118 92.88 94.26
0.2326 0.0076 96.73
0.1781 0.0122 93.15
NTA Ceramic 0.1961 0.0186 90.52 92.07 89.71
0.2249 0.0141 93.73
0.1853 0.0149 91.96
Painted Metal 0.2266 0.0474 79.08 85.65
0.2107 0.0278 86.81
0.1890 0.0169 91.06
Plastic 0.2947 0.0228 92.26 91.40
0.2901 0.0252 91.31
0.2529 0.0237 90.63

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 overall average removal results of the TM09 All Purpose formulation were all consistently close to 90% removal. NTA was slightly more effective than EDTA and DS IDA at 89% overall average removal. The effectiveness of the TM09 All Purpose formulation is promising with its high removal yields.

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