Optical Lens Cleaning
Q. How do you clean wax marks on optical lenses which are difficult to remove?
A. Use either 1% Alconox or Liquinox in a heated 160 deg F ultrasonic bath followed by a deionized water rinse to clean optical lenses during manufacturing.
Sonicating hardened tool steel
Q. We need to find an alternative cleaning solution we can use to sonicate metal (hardened steel) tools with that won’t rust them.
A. Hardened tool steel is prone to flash rusting on exposure to water and humidity with dissolved oxygen if there are no corrosion inhibitors present. You can clean tool steel in a warm Alconox solution (less than 120 deg F or less than 45 deg C) followed by an ambient temperature rinse (circa 70 deg C or 20 deg F) and a rapid …
Industrial Laser Chiller Cleaning
Q. Chillers get scale build-up that reduce their heat transfer efficiency, thereby reducing their chiller performance. In particular industrial lasers need good chiller performance.
Therefore, use a 2% Citranox or Citrajet solution to remove calcium scale build-up. Be sure a 100 micron filter of adequate flow rating is installed in the coolant path. Be sure no galvanized pipe is in the system. Learn More.
Triclosan and Triclocarban contamination
Q. We are experiencing contamination issues with both triclosan and triclocarban with our LC/MS/MS instrument. We need to determine if either of these compounds are a component of Liquinox or Detojet
Sporicidal Properties in Alconox Cleaners
Q. Do you have a product/detergent that has a sporicidal properties?
A. Alconox detergents remove pathogens, they do not kill them. None of the detergents from Alconox, Inc. have sporicidal properties.
