Citric Acid Passivation – Safe, Effective, Easy

18 July 2018

Surface contamination interferes with formation of protective oxide coating on stainless steel thereby leaving it open to corrosion. The stainless steel needs passivation.

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Alconox, Inc. at Cosmoprof North America 2018

17 July 2018

Join Alconox, Inc. at Cosmoprof North America in Las Vegas, July 29-31, 2018.  When you’re at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, stop by booth #41455. Alconox, Inc. cosmetic cleaners make short work of titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, silicone and other hard-to-clean residues. Our fast-acting, fragrance-free cosmetic cleaners also remove dyes, petrolatum, and fragrances even in the most demanding cosmetic cleaning applications.

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How to Clean Laboratory Glassware

12 July 2018

Clean laboratory glassware is essential in all laboratories. No scientist, engineer, laboratory technician, or analyst has time to fail an experiment because of contaminated glassware.   Good, well-built, precision detergents (like the Alconox, Inc. portfolio of course) can make up for quite of bit incomplete, inefficient or incorrect glassware cleaning techniques.

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Brix vs. Conductivity: Measuring Ultrasonic Bath Concentration

27 June 2018

Several years ago, our plant was directed to use the Refractive Index as a method of letting us monitor bath concentration during ultrasonic cleaning with your Liquinox detergent. More recently, our factory in Asia switched to Liquinox and were directed to use a conductivity measurement to monitor concentration. I decided to measure our cleaning bath using both methods and found a discrepancy -- the brix (Refractive Index) reading was slightly above 1% concentration, but the Conductivity reading was nearly 2% concentration.

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Risk Based Limits and Pharmaceutical Cleaning

21 June 2018

Q. We are moving from LD50 data to ADE (PDE) limits based on HBELs. This is allowing us to eliminate disposables for low-risk products.  How do I know which can be manually cleaned and which needs to be in a washer? Can manual cleaning be validated? A. Many pharma and biotech companies have been moving to Health-Based Exposure Limits (HBELs) meaning Acceptable Daily Exposure (ADE) or Permitted Daily Exposure (PDE) limits as detergent residue limits.    

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How to: Follow Alconox, Inc. on Social Media

19 June 2018

Q: Where can I find Alconox, Inc. resources online? Are you on social media? A: Yes! In addition to finding information at Alconox.com, you can find us on our official channels at Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and on LinkedIn.

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LC/MS

Cleaning Laboratory Glassware for LC/MS

18 June 2018

Q. What is the best way to clean LC/MS glassware? A. We have published a whitepaper on the formal LC/MS glassware cleaning procedure. Contact us at cleaning@alconox.com for a copy.

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Alconox Liquinox

Differences between Alconox and Liquinox

12 June 2018

Q. Currently using Alconox, but are considering a switch to liquinox. We have seen less residuals with Liquinox, which is desireable. What are the recommendations and concerns with switching from Alconox to Liquinox? What are the difference in ingredients between the two? A. Alconox and Liquinox are functionally equivalent cleaners, but are not chemically identical. Click to learn more and access the Liquinox and Alconox msds.

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Ultrasonic Cleaner for Parts and Towels

12 June 2018

I'm looking for a cleaning solution to use in our industrial ultrasonic cleaner that is similar to the old style competitor detergent. We use it occasionally for general cleaning, removal of machining oils, cleaning for high vacuum use, and to lightly etch the oxides off of copper.  If we did a pre-mix and let it sit until use, how long would the formulations last before degrading? Could we also use this mix for washing microfiber towels and foam sponges that have various waxes, polymer sealants and oils on them?

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Lab Pipette Cleaning: Removing Wax

30 May 2018

What is the best way for removing wax from pipettes and glassware? The best way to clean wax and petrolatum from pipettes is to use very hot 1% solutions.

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Posted in Alconox, Alcotabs, Cosmetic, Laboratory, Liquinox, Manual Lab Cleaning, Solujet0 Comments

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