Product Specification
CLEANER MSE – 111
GENERAL PURPOSE SOAK AND ELECTROLYTIC CLEANER
CLEANER MSE-111 IS A MEDIUM DUTY, HIGH DETERGENCY ALKALINE CLEANER FOR RAPID AND EFFICIENT CLEANING OF MOST METALS. THE CLEANER IS SO BUFFERED AND INHIBITED THAT THERE IS LITTLE OR NO ATTACK ON THE METALS NORMALLY ENCOUNTERED IN THE PLATING ROOM, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ALUMINUM.
IT IS DESIGNED TO PERFORM THE FUNCTION OF A SOAK CLEANER AS WELL AS THOSE OF AN ANODIC AND CATHODIC ELECTROLYTIC CLEANER. THIS SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS A MEDIUM DUTY ALKALINE CLEANER, WHICH CAN NOT BE USED TO REMOVE HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF OIL, GREASE AND BUFFING COMPOUNDS.
OPERATING CONDITIONS :
SOAK CLEANING
CONCENTRATION 60-80 GM/LIT
TEMPERATURE 60-80* C
TIME 2-5 MINUTES
ELECTROLYTIC CLEANING
CONCENTRATION 60-100 GM/LIT
TEMPERATURE 50-70* C
TIME 10 SECONDS TO 2 MINUTES
CURRENT DENSITY 30-60 AMPS PER SQ. FT.
VOLTAGE 4-6 VOLT
MAKE UP :
FILL A M.S. TANK APPROXIMATELY 2/3 FULL OF COLD WATER. ADD THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF CLEANER MSE-111 AND STIR TO DISSOLVE THE MATERIAL. FILL TO FINAL VOLUME AND HEAT TO OPERATING TEMPERATURE.
OPERATION :
THE WORK IS IMMERSED IN THE CLEANER EITHER WITH OR WITHOUT THE USE OF ELECTRIC CURRENT. IN MANY APPLICATIONS IT IS USED FIRST AS A SOAK CLEANER AND THEN AS AN ELECTROLYTIC CLEANER. THIS DUAL FUNCTION CAN BE PERFORMED BY USING ONE OR TWO TANKS. DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF THE METAL BEING CLEANED, IT CAN BE USED AS A CATHODIC OR ANODIC CLEANER.
M.S. ARTICLES ARE CLEANED ANODICALLY FOR 1-2 MINUTES AT CURRENT DENSITIES OF 40-60 AMPERES PER SQ. FT. AT CONCENTRATION OF 60-100 GM/LIT. WHILE COPPER IS CLEANED IN THE SAME MANNER AS M.S.
BRASS CAN BE SOAK CLEANED OR CAN BE CATHODICALLY CLEANED AT CONCENTRATION OF 50-70 GM/LIT AND CURRENT DENSITIES OF 25-50 AMPS/SQ.FT. FOR 1-2 MINUTES OR FOR AS LONG AS NECESSARY TO DISLODGE ANY SOLIDS. THEREAFTER, ANODIC CURRENT SHOULD BE USED FOR 5-10 SECONDS AT CURRENT DENSITIES OF 10-30 AMPS PER SQ.FT. CATHODIC CLEANING SHOULD ALWAYS BE FOLLOWED BY BRIEF ANODIC CLEANING IN ORDER TO REMOVE ANY METALLIC FILMS WHICH MAY HAVE PLATED OUT CATHODICALLY. LEAD AND SILVER CAN BE CLEANED PRIMARILY BY SOAK CLEANING AND FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF PERIOD OF CATHODIC CLEANING, ANODIC CLEANING SHOULD NOT BE EMPLOYED ON THESE METALS.
EQUIPMENT :
A PLAIN WELDED M.S. TANK CAN BE USED. IT SHOULD BE EQUIPPED WITH HEATING COILS,ANODE AND CATHODE RODS, AND A CONTROLLABLE POWER SOURCE.
CONTROL :
THE CONCENTRATION OF THE CLEANER CAN BE DETERMINED BY SIMPLE TITRATION WITH N/1 HYDROCHLORIC ACID USING METHYL RED AS AN INDICATOR BY TAKING 5 ML BATH SOLUTION.
CAUTION :CLEANER MSE-111 IS ALKALINE IN NATURE AND CONTACT OF THE SALT OR
SOLUTION WITH THE SKIN OR EYES SHOULD BE AVOIDED.