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-----Degreasing alternatives
I am in a small group at the University of Bradford and we have been given an assessment to find out which method of degreasing would be better than using trichloroethylene. If you could help us out we would greatly appreciate it.
Andrew SpenceUniversity of Bradford, UK - Bradford, W Yorkshire, UK
2007
2007
Better in what ways, Andrew? There are substitute solvents like n-propyl bromide, and there are alternate methodologies like aqueous cleaning.
The U.S. EPA has funded almost countless reports on this. So start at epa.gov.
Ted Mooney, P.E.
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Best of luck and if you come up with an answer please let us all know, the industry has working towards a solution to this for years and we're still not there (although we are a darn site nearer).
Aerospace - Yeovil, Somerset, UK
2007
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