Determining When To Change Your Detonox Bath
Q: We are using Detonox detergent in our ultrasonic baths and are loving it. We use a visual inspection method (cloudiness of solution) to determine when to change the bath and are moving to conductivity and pH. It appears pH stays constant regardless of concentration?
A: As a broad statement, detergent concentration does very little to affect pH due to buffers, as well as salts, micelles, and other constituents. A pH meter wouldn’t be used to control for concentration on anything but very gross scales.
Flux Residue Removal
Q. I am seeing a white powder around solder joints on PCBs. Is this solder flux? We use Detergent 8 for cleaning. Do you know why this is happening and how to stop or remove it?
A. There are several ways of approaching this common issue of solder flux and its removal. For example, One way to fix this problem is to lower the temperature when soldering. In another scenario, a leading aerospace manufacturer studied putting potassium silicate (10 mL in 10 L) into the Detergent 8 bath to act as an inhibitor to stop the formation of these white salts.
Standard Operating Procedures for Cleaning
Q. What are important items to include in standard operating procedures for cleaning? A. A large part of successful cleaning relies on having a sound, reproducible procedure. In general, a good SOP should present a list of materials and people…
Cannabis Industrial Marketplace Webinar: Senior Director of Strategic Affairs, Michael Moussourakis
Please join our Senior Director of Strategic Affairs, Michael Moussourakis, on Oct. 27th, 2020, 1:30pm EDT for a webinar titled: “Critical Cleaning – The Key to Quality & Safety.” This webinar series was developed in an effort to bring serious…
Sanitizing Uniforms Amid COVID-19
I’m not sure Alconox, LLC can assist with this but I know you guys from my work in the lab and processing suite. New COVID-19 guidelines require us to clean and sanitize our fencing uniforms after every lesson. Can your detergents help with that? What do you recommend? Yes! Cleaning and sanitizing are what aqueous detergents do. It is now more important than ever to ensure not just hard surfaces, but items like uniforms, PPE, and other equipment remain clean and sanitized.