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Trial Number 457

Trial Purpose:

To test nontoxic industrial cleaning solutions for oil removal.

Date Run:

10/18/2008

Experiment Procedure:

Basic cleaning performance testing was conducted using ASTM G122 as the bases for cleaning. 

Products were based on the compatibility of substrate and removal of foreign substance. Used 5% concentration and heated the samples at 135F. The coupons were immersed in a product for 5 minutes, rinsed for 30 seconds in tap water at 120F and dried in 30 seconds using compressed air is room temperature. Coupons were coated with used oil. Using a handheld swab and allowed to dry for 144 hours at room temperature. The contaminated coupons were weighed again to determine the amount of soil added. After cleaning process, the final weights were recorded, efficiencies were calculated and recorded.

Trial Results:

Cleaner Initial wt Final wt % Removed
Brulin Corporate Formula 815 MX AA
  0.1469 -0.0628 142.75
  0.2427 0.0080 96.70
  0.3524 -0.0134 103.80
Ecolink Heavyweight
  0.4253 0.0079 98.14
  0.3511 0.0115 96.72
  0.3315 0.0010 99.70
Chemfree Corporation SW6 Metal degreaser
  0.3779 0.0424 88.78
  0.3149 0.0094 97.01
  0.3497 0.0093 97.34

Success Rating:

Preliminary compatibility tests on substrate coupons encouraging for at least one cleaning chemistry. More in-depth laboratory testing necessary.

Conclusion:

The products tested passed scored higher than the acceptable pass rate of 85 percent.

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