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Trial Number 10

Trial Purpose:

To evaluate the efficiency of various heated drop in solvent replacements removing DOW Corning Vacuum Grease from Aluminum substrates .

Date Run:

04/01/2016

Experiment Procedure:

Aluminum coupons were weighed to get their initial weights. The bottom third of each coupon was coated in the DOW Corning Vacuum Grease. The coupons were re-weighed. The weights were recorded. The coupons were placed in the heated drop-in solvent replacement for 5 minutes. The coupons were removed out of the and placed to dry on a rack for 15 minutes. Then the final weights were taken

Trial Results:

Cleaner Initial wt of cont. Final wt of cont. %Cont Removed
Ethyl 408 0.7515 0.8062 -7.28
  0.7011 0.7428 -5.95
  0.5652 0.5767 -2.03
Methyl 408 0.2527 0.2426 4.00
  0.1970 0.2009 -1.98
  0.2329 0.2113 9.27
FluoSolv CX 0.6610 0.0373 94.36
  0.4591 0.0141 96.93
  0.6406 0.0207 96.77
FluoSolv NC 0.1519 0.0007 99.54
  0.2105 0.0152 92.78
  0.2012 -0.0032 101.59
Honeywell PF 0.2048 0.0012 99.41
  0.4630 0.2767 40.24
  0.2699 0.0088 96.74
Honeywell PF 2A 0.5921 0.4266 27.95
  0.3759 0.1474 60.79
  0.3229 0.1593 50.67
Vertrel Sion 0.2561 0.0004 99.84
  0.3794 0.0012 99.68
  0.4301 0.0728 83.07
Fluosolv CX-500 1.5909 1.5467 2.78
  0.9217 0.8947 2.93
  1.2629 1.1455 9.30
Fluosolv FR-110 0.3279 0.2439 25.62
  0.3593 0.3352 6.71
  0.4091 0.0763 81.35

Success Rating:

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

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