Q: I would like to know which of Citranox or Liquinox you recommend to clean CO2 incubators inside a cleanroom environment, with particular attention to the rust that can come from the water tray. We have both detergents.
A: We recommend using hot 2% Citranox (20 mL/L or 2.5 oz/gal) to soak and possibly scrub the water trays and incubator…..
Q: We typically clean our carbon steel with Citrajet detergent but following an unintentional overnight soak, we found a dark layer of black soot. What might this be and how should we clean it?
A: All steels that aren’t stainless will eventually get attacked by acidic solutions over time, so what you are seeing there is the action of the acids in both Citrajet® Low-Foam Liquid Acid Cleaner/Rinse (and would be the same case with its foaming sibling Citranox® Liquid Acid Cleaner and Detergent) on the carbon steel that you are using…..
Question: What are the best practices for cleaning HPLC systems and glassware to ensure optimalperformance and prevent contamination? Answer: Maintaining a clean HPLC system and glassware is essential for accurate and reproducibleresults. Contaminants can lead to column degradation, increased backpressure,…
Q. How can I clean proteins, RNA, and DNA from laboratory equipment?
A. Thank you for your question concerning cleaning proteins, RNA and DNA from laboratory equipment.
We will address each separately . . .
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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