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Trial Number 331

Trial Purpose:

Laboratory evaluations of alternative cleaning products

Date Run:

05/26/2004

Experiment Procedure:

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

The three products were used heated to 96 F on a hot plate in 250 ml beakers.  Nine preweighed steel coupons were coated with Castrol Quench G oil (64742-55-8, 64742-65-0, 8052-42-4) using a handheld swab.  The quench oil was then heated with a Master Appliance Heat gun at 300 F for 10 minutes.  After cooling to room temperature, a second weighing was performed to determine the amount of soil that was added. Three coupons were cleaned in each solution for 5 minutes with minimal stir-bar agitation.  After drying, coupons were weighed a final time to determine the cleaning efficiency of each product.

Trial Results:

Cleaner Initial wt Final wt % Removed
OS 10 0.2443 0.0040 98.36
  0.1599 0.0040 97.5
  0.1475 0.0010 99.32
OS 20 0.2311 0.0027 98.83
  0.2689 0.0019 99.29
  0.2325 0.0031 98.67
OS 30 0.1503 0.0110 92.68
  0.2196 0.0077 96.49
  0.1436 0.0076 94.71

Success Rating:

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

Conclusion:

The three products removed over 85%.

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