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Trial Purpose:
Laboratory evaluations of alternative cleaning products
Date Run:
05/27/2004Experiment Procedure:
Basic cleaning performance testing was conducted using ASTM G122 as the bases for cleaning.
Two hundred fifty milliliters of each product wereused at full strength in a 4000 ml beaker and heated to its boiling point on a hot plate. Preweighed aluminum coupons were coated with the Soltex Polybutene 32 (9003-29-6) using a handheld swab. Coupons were weighed a second time to determine the amount of soil added to each coupon. Three coupons were cleaned in each solution for 5 minutes using vapor degreasing. After cooling to room temperature, the coupons were weighed a final time and efficiencies were calculated.
Trial Results:
| Cleaner | Initial wt | Final wt | % Removed |
| AK 225 | 0.6015 | 0.0455 | 92.44 |
| 0.4551 | 0.0183 | 95.98 | |
| 0.3043 | 0.0135 | 95.56 | |
| CCA | 0.6504 | 0.0345 | 94.70 |
| 0.3536 | 0.0182 | 94.85 | |
| 0.4704 | 0.0330 | 92.98 | |
| MCA | 0.4626 | 0.0298 | 93.56 |
| 0.6492 | 0.0359 | 94.47 | |
| 0.2118 | 0.0128 | 93.96 | |
| HD DC | 0.3554 | 0.0315 | 91.14 |
| 0.3873 | 0.0304 | 92.15 | |
| 0.5912 | 0.0563 | 90.48 | |
| FR C | 0.8269 | 0.1593 | 80.74 |
| 0.5288 | 0.0595 | 88.75 | |
| 0.2053 | 0.0172 | 91.62 | |
| HFE 7100 | 0.3715 | 0.2366 | 36.31 |
| 1.0457 | 0.2498 | 76.11 | |
| 0.4852 | 0.1828 | 62.32 | |
| HFE 7200 | 0.8601 | 0.1825 | 78.78 |
| 0.7228 | 0.1392 | 80.74 | |
| 0.5693 | 0.1561 | 72.58 | |
| Ensolv A | 0.7580 | 0.0003 | 99.96 |
| 0.6845 | -0.0003 | 100.04 | |
| 0.5019 | 0.0000 | 100.00 | |
| Metalnox | 0.9434 | 0.0009 | 99.90 |
| 0.4670 | -0.0021 | 100.45 | |
| 0.6442 | 0.0039 | 99.39 | |
| Solvon PB | 1.0079 | 0.0040 | 99.60 |
| 0.3972 | 0.0005 | 99.87 | |
| 0.5900 | 0.0017 | 99.71 |
Success Rating:
Preliminary compatibility tests on substrate coupons encouraging for at least one cleaning chemistry. More in-depth laboratory testing necessary.Conclusion:
Eleven of the fourteen products removed over 85%