Detergents

Q. We have an other department that makes a vacuum tube that is nearly identical to ours and they have a much better yield. They use Liquinox for their cleaning agent. I would like to talk to one of your engineers regarding their view of our present cleaning method (Sodium Hydroxide, Muriatic Acid, DI water, Methanol) vs. Liquinox. I have no historical information as to why we use the mentioned chemicals. The items that are cleaned are: tungsten plates, kovar pins and glass.
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Q: I am looking for an alternative for cleaning glassware. I am going to perform a staining procedure using ammoniacal silver (diamine silver) and another one using silver nitrate. The protocols are very specific about using “chemically clean glassware”, but…

Q. We currently have a anhydrous HF line we will be decommissioning. We will use a lot of filtered river water to thoroughly flush Monel line. When we are finished, I would like to use the Alconox product to use as a final cleaner and neutralizing agent in the pipe before it is dismantled. I would like instructions on how much Alconox to use to perform the operation.
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Q. We are currently cleaning using 3% Detergent 8, 2% Citranox and 2% Liquinox in separate wash cycles with rinse cycles after each wash cycle. Would there be any issues if I combined the three detergents (using the same concentrations) into one wash cycle?
A. We do not recommend combining detergents. These detergents have different cleaning mechanisms . . . Read More.

Q. Currently I am not using a cleaner, just mechanical cleaning with water. I am cleaning batch tanks used to produce colloidal silver. The only two ingredients in the tank are pure silver electrodes and distilled water. The cleaner needs to be FDA-approved for internal use after the cleaning cycle.