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Trial Number 4

Client Number 131

Project Number 3

Trial Purpose:

To find the best fit product for cleaning Leach Garner’s XXAluminum #19 from copper and stainless steel surfaces meant to resemble the cleaning of precious metals.

Date Run:

09/01/2016

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 0.1563 0.0016 98.98  
  Stainless 0.2342 0.0017 99.27 98.89
  Stainless 0.2288 0.0036 98.43  
  Copper 0.2816 0.0017 99.4  
  Copper 0.1711 0.002 98.83 99.06
  Copper 0.1706 0.0018 98.94  
FluoSolv NC Stainless 0.1814 0.0001 99.94  
  Stainless 0.2076 0.0008 99.61 99.70
  Stainless 0.2012 0.0009 99.55  
  Copper 0.2276 0.0010 99.56  
  Copper 0.2314 0.0009 99.61 99.50
  Copper 0.2408 0.0016 99.34  
Vertrel Sion  Stainless 0.2193 0.0005 99.77  
  Stainless 0.2838 0.0001 99.96 99.80
  Stainless 0.1835 0.0006 99.67  
  Copper 0.2641 0.0005 99.81  
  Copper 0.2289 0.0006 99.74 99.81
  Copper 0.2474 0.0003 99.88  
Solstice PF Stainless 0.1413 0.0001 99.93  
  Stainless 0.2391 0.0005 99.79 99.81
  Stainless 0.2374 0.0007 99.71  
  Copper 0.2888 0.0013 99.55  
  Copper 0.2282 0.0015 99.34 99.50
  Copper 0.2861 0.0011 99.62  

Success Rating:

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

Conclusion:

Results for percent of contaminant removed were well in the upper nineties. Visually, the results were very good. Some coupons showed signs of streaking and an apparent film. Most of the soil was dissolved in less than 5 minutes. Although, all cleaners performed well, the best results were obtained from Vertrel Sion which caused the least amount of streaking.

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