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Manufacturer, vendor or distributor of displayed product

Product Name

Product tested under search criteria

Safety Evaluation

The Safety Evaluation is used as a guide to help determine the potential safety concerns of a product. This score uses the Pollution Prevention Options Analysis System (P2OASys) to provide more complete EH&S profiles.

Classification

General category of product type, i.e. alkaline, neutral, petroleum distillate. Click here to get detailed information on each category of product type.

Contaminant

General category of contaminant type, i.e. adhesive, cutting fluid, wax

Substrate

General category of substrate (material of construction), i.e. brass, stainless steel, plastic

Equipment

General category of equipment used during testing, i.e. immersion/soak, ultrasonics, media blasting

Client/Project/Trial Number

The Client, Project and Trial #’s will allow you to do further research into the specific operating conditions of the listed results. Sometimes products may be listed more than once for the entered search criteria for a set of Client, Project and Trial #’s. Many times by viewing the specific trial information the multiple listing can be explained by minor differences in operating conditions. By selecting the Client#, a summary the projects for the client can be reviewed. By selecting the Trial#, the specific operating conditions, (time, temperature, contaminant information) can be reviewed. 

Effective

Signifies whether or not the product listed was successful in removing a majority of the contaminant using the listed equipment. A green circle with a white Y in this columns represents an effective product. A red circle with a white N in this column means the product was tested but was not effective.

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Product Classifications

Aqueous - water based products that can come in four subgroups

Acidic - pH less than 7. Acidic cleaning is routinely used to remove scale, rust, and oxides from metals. The cleaners may contain mineral acids (hydrofluoric, sulfuric, phosphoric, nitric), chromic acids, or organic acids (acetic or oxalic). They also may contain detergents, chelating agents, and small amounts of water-miscible solvents.

Alkaline - pH greater than 7 and less then 12. They are the most common solutions in aqueous cleaning. Alkaline cleaners often contain additives to improve cleaning, such as sequestering agents, emulsifiers, and surfactants. Inhibitors are necessary with some metals, especially aluminum.

Caustic - ph greater than 12, usually contain sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide.

Neutral - are mixtures of water and other chemical compounds with a pH near 7. The chemical compounds may include surfactants, corrosion inhibitors, and other additives. Neutral and alkaline aqueous solutions are the most commonly used aqueous solutions. They will work for most solvent substitution applications.

Semi-Aqueous - are semistable mixtures of water and solvents, also called emulsions. Semiaqueous cleaning also includes processes where parts are first cleaned in a solvent, then rinsed in water. The solvents are usually volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as terpenes, glycol ethers, esters, or hydrocarbons. These solvents are also flammable when used by themselves, or pure. Most semiaqueous solutions leave a residue that can be removed with a water rinse. Sometimes the film is left on the part as a protective coating.

Terpene - are organic solvents that are usually derived from natural sources such as pine trees or citrus fruit. They generally have strong characteristic odors. Specific terpenes used in cleaning are a-pinene, d-limonene, and turpentine, which is a mixture of terpenes. Terpenes are volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and are flammable or combustible.

Petroleum distillates - are hydrocarbon solvents produced from crude oil. These solvents include mineral spirits, kerosene, white spirits, naphtha, and Stoddard solvent.

Alcohols - commonly used alcohols in cleaning include methanol, ethanol, and isopropanol (IPA). IPA is the most widely used. They are all volatile organic compounds (VOCs), with vapor pressures ranging from 33 to 92 mmHg at 68 deg F (44 to 122 mbar at 20 deg C). They are also flammable and must be handled accordingly.

Di-Basic Esters (DBE) - are a mixture of methyl esters of adipic, glutaric, and succinic acid. DBE is commonly used as a paint stripper.

Ethyl Lactate - Ethyl lactate (ethyl 2-hydroxypropionate) is a commercially available monobasic ester solvent.

Glycol Ether - are organic solvents. Many different glycol ethers are used for cleaning

Bio-based - is composed, in whole or in significant part, of biological products or renewable domestic agricultural materials (including plant, animal, and marine materials) or forestry materials. Biobased cleaners can also fit under any of the other categories or used as a feedstock to generate other types of solvents.

Halogenated - solvents that contain one or more of the Halogen chemicals (typically fluorine, chlorine or bromine).