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Trial Number 449

Trial Purpose:

To remove lard oil from aluminum using immersion cleaning

Date Run:

06/05/2008

Experiment Procedure:

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

Products were selected based on the compatibility of substrate and for removal of the contaminant. Five percent concentrations were used and heated the samples at 130F. The coupons were immersed in a product for 5 minutes, but not rinsed or dried. Coupons were coated with used lard 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
Ozzy Juice SW1      
  0.3040 0.0021 99.31
  0.4217 0.0031 99.26
  0.4578 0.0004 99.91
Sea Wash Blue      
  0.4341 0.0002 99.95
  0.2047 0.0003 99.85
  0.2558 0.0020 99.22
Valtron SP 2275      
  0.4002 0.0028 99.30
  0.2740 0.0009 99.67
  0.5102 0.0038 99.26
NAB 9000      
  0.3765 0.0202 94.63
  0.4813 0.0192 96.01
  0.3689 0.0157 95.74
California Parts Washer      
  0.4030 0.0097 97.59
  0.3824 0.0019 99.50
  0.4212 0.0077 98.17
Ozzy Juice SW3      
  0.3289 0.0140 95.74
  0.2004 0.0142 92.91
  0.3278 0.0283 91.37

Success Rating:

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

Conclusion:

All six products removed over 90% of the lard oil using immersion cleaning for five minutes.

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