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Trial Number 1

Trial Purpose:

To eliminate the use of N-Propyl Bromide in cleaning opereations

Date Run:

02/29/2016

Experiment Procedure:

Four cleaners were tested at room temperature on aluminum, brass, and stainless-steel coupons to evaluate how the soil Navi Guard Way Lube 32 was cleaned. Preweighed coupons were coated with the supplied Navi Guard soil using a handheld swab and weighed a second time to determine the amount of soil added. Each cleaner was put in a beaker and three coupons were immersed into the solution for 5 minutes. The coupons were then stood upright to sir dry for 15 minutes and then placed on a tray. There was no rinse. Once dry, final weights were measured and efficiency calculated for each coupon cleaned.

Trial Results:

Cleaner Substrate Initial Wt Final Wt % Removed
Fluosolv CX Aluminum 21.5357 21.5362 98.73
  Aluminum 21.5777 21.5790 96.95
  Aluminum 21.5357 21.5362 98.73
  Brass 69.4516 69.4517 99.51
  Brass 69.5391 69.5396 98.05
  Brass 69.6129 69.6129 100.00
  Stainless 60.1003 60.1009 97.35
  Stainless 63.9329 63.9331 99.45
  Stainless 63.8901 63.8941 90.85
Fluosolv NC Aluminum 21.0619 21.0619 100.00
  Aluminum 21.1997 21.1997 100.00
  Aluminum 21.1747 21.1749 99.58
  Brass 69.4374 69.4375 99.83
  Brass 69.3301 69.3302 99.69
  Brass 49.5338 49.5341 99.38
  Stainless 59.5762 59.5787 97.61
  Stainless 59.1224 59.1268 93.69
  Stainless 60.0314 60.0339 94.49
Honeywell PF Aluminum 21.6234 21.6238 99.38
  Aluminum 21.4832 21.4841 98.98
  Aluminum 21.5779 21.5782 99.65
  Brass 49.4789 49.4808 98.25
  Brass 49.4186 49.4188 99.76
  Brass 49.5329 49.5337 99.19
  Stainless 60.4422 60.4437 98.39
  Stainless 59.4621 59.4644 94.81
  Stainless 58.9557 58.9571 97.94
Honeywell PF-2A Aluminum 21.4990 21.5008 97.69
  Aluminum 21.0991 21.0993 99.66
  Aluminum 21.6885 21.6886 99.82
  Brass 49.5435 49.5443 98.97
  Brass 69.5289 69.5300 98.79
  Brass 69.4467 69.4493 96.57
  Stainless 63.9052 63.9112 92.45
  Stainless 63.9679 63.9681 96.15
  Stainless 59.5294 59.5317 97.62

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 four cleaners efficiently removed the Navi Guard soil on all three substrates at room temperature. The least efficient cleaner used was Solstice 2A from Honeywell, with the lowest cleaning average on the stainless-steel substrate. The Solstice 2A was still an efficient cleaner with a 97.52% efficiency but was less efficient than the other cleaners used. The most efficient cleaner would be Solstice PF from Honeywell which had an efficiency of 98.48%. All cleaners worked extremely well.

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