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Trial Number 12

Trial Purpose:

To evaluate successful products on second supplied contaminant

Date Run:

05/06/2004

Experiment Procedure:

Nine cleaners were selected based on client request for vapor degreasing solvents. All products were used heated to 96 F on a hot plate in 250 ml beakers. The process utilized no water rinse and only used ambient air to dry the parts.
Twenty-seven preweighed steel coupons were coated with Rochester Midland RI780 rust preventative (80252-41-3, 95-63-6) using a hand held swab. The oil was then heated with a Master Appliance Heat gun at 300 F for 10 minutes. After cooling to room temperature, a second weighing was performed to determine the amount of soil that was added. Three coupons were cleaned in each solution for 5 minutes with minimal stir-bar agitation. After drying, coupons were weighed a final time to determine the cleaning efficiency of each product.

Trial Results:

All nine products removed over 90% of the soil during the five minutes. Four of the products removed over 97%. The table lists the amount of soil added, the amount remaining and the efficiency for each coupon.

Cleaner Initial wt Final wt % Removed
Ak 225 0.0378 0.0014 96.30
  0.0284 0.0021 92.61
  0.0531 0.0017 96.80
Vertrel CCA 0.0303 0.0005 98.35
  0.0273 0.0015 94.51
  0.0647 0.0016 97.53
Flux Remover C 0.0241 0.0023 90.46
  0.0728 0.0007 99.04
  0.0824 0.0019 97.69
HFE 7200 0.0411 0.0012 97.08
  0.0753 0.0003 99.60
  0.0731 0.0005 99.32
Ensolv 0.0300 0.0032 89.33
  0.0566 0.0000 100.00
  0.0459 0.0022 95.21
Ensolv A 0.0387 0.0016 95.87
  0.0652 0.0014 97.85
  0.0465 0.0011 97.63
Metalnox M6960 0.0261 0.0025 90.42
  0.0413 0.0044 89.35
  0.0352 0.0016 95.45
Solvon PB 0.0341 0.0018 94.72
  0.0497 0.0001 99.80
  0.0282 0.0003 98.94
Solvon IP 0.0425 0.0012 97.18
  0.0210 0.0006 97.14
  0.0272 0.0009 96.69

Success Rating:

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

Conclusion:

All nine products will be tested on the third soil under the same conditions.

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