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Trial Number 0

Client Number 310

Project Number 1

Trial Purpose:

To evaluate performance of possible aqueous based cleaning products for various oil removal.

Date Run:

10/09/2008

Experiment Procedure:

Eight products were selected from the lab's on-line database, www.cleanersolutions.org, based on past testing results matching client supplied information. A ninth product was requested by the client. All of these products were diluted to 5% using DI water in 400 ml beakers. All nine products were heated to 130 F on a hot plate.

Peweighed aluminum coupons were coated with the Houghton Houghto Draw 7007 (64742-52-5) metal working fluid using a handheld swab. The contaminant was allowed to dry for about an hour. Once dry, the coupons were weighed a second time to determine the amount of oil applied.

Three coupons were immersed into each solution and cleaned for 5 minutes using stir-bar agitation. Rinsing was performed for 15 seconds using tap water heated to 120 F and followed by 30 seconds of air blow off with dry compressed air at room temperature. Final weights were recorded, and efficiencies were calculated for each coupon cleaned.

Trial Results:

All nine products removed over 97% of the drawing fluid from the aluminum coupons within five minutes of immersion cleaning. Seven of the products removed more than 99%. The table lists the amount of soil added, the amount remaining and the efficiency for each coupon cleaned.

Cleaner Initial wt Final wt % Removed
Green Soak 0.6338 0.0022 99.65
  0.4244 0.0029 99.32
  0.3616 0.0030 99.17
Aquavantage 1400 0.5210 0.0042 99.19
  0.6362 0.0009 99.86
  0.5279 0.0051 99.03
Shopmaster LpH 0.5401 0.0052 99.04
  0.5512 0.0028 99.49
  0.4438 0.0020 99.55
FPC 100 0.5276 0.0027 99.49
  0.4234 0.0012 99.72
  0.4121 0.0011 99.73
SC Aircraft & Metal Cleaner 0.4747 0.0024 99.49
  0.5406 0.0011 99.80
  0.6116 0.0003 99.95
Amberclean L12 0.5247 0.0020 99.62
  0.4638 0.0012 99.74
  0.7256 0.0037 99.49
Metalnox M6381 0.4709 0.0075 98.41
  0.3637 0.0114 96.87
  0.3054 0.0043 98.59
Inproclean 3800 0.3949 0.0205 94.81
  0.2855 0.0003 99.89
  0.4581 0.0021 99.54
Ozzy Juice SW-3 0.5780 0.0007 99.88
  0.3330 0.0022 99.34
  0.3834 0.0008 99.79

Success Rating:

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

Conclusion:

The top seven products will be used on the second supplied contaminant under the same cleaning conditions.

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