Trial Purpose:
To evaluate five new products on the first supplied soil.
Date Run:
04/30/2004Experiment Procedure:
Five products were selected based on client request for vapor degreasing solvents. Each product was used at full strength in a 250 ml beaker and heated to 96 F on a hot plate. Fifteen preweighed aluminum coupons were coated with the Soltex Polybutene 32 (9003-29-6) using a hand held 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 stir-bar agitation. After cleaning parts were weighed a final time and efficiencies were calculated.
Trial Results:
All five products removed over 90% of the contaminant within five minutes. The table lists the amount of soil added, the amount remaining and the efficiency for each coupon cleaned.
| Cleaner | Initial wt | Final wt | % Removed |
| Ensolv | 0.6136 | 0.0022 | 99.64 |
| 0.4494 | 0.0015 | 99.67 | |
| 0.7979 | 0.0010 | 99.87 | |
| Ensolv A | 0.3651 | 0.0012 | 99.67 |
| 0.9078 | 0.0012 | 99.87 | |
| 0.6264 | 0.0007 | 99.89 | |
| Metalnox M6960 | 0.4272 | -0.0001 | 100.02 |
| 0.5370 | 0.0010 | 99.81 | |
| 0.4079 | 0.0277 | 93.21 | |
| Flux Remover | 0.5576 | 0.0002 | 99.96 |
| 0.3500 | 0.0000 | 100.00 | |
| 0.6874 | 0.0068 | 99.01 | |
| Heavy Duty Degreaser C | 0.6942 | 0.0388 | 94.41 |
| 0.3433 | 0.0555 | 83.83 | |
| 0.5158 | 0.0378 | 92.67 |
Success Rating:
A follow up test, usually based on company input.Conclusion:
All five will be tested on the second soil.
