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- From: jgd@dixie.com (John De Armond)
- Subject: Re: cleaning solvents
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- Date: Tue, 05 Jan 93 09:33:47 GMT
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- dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams) writes:
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- >-> Try tri-chlorethane. Some shops call it carbo-trichlor. It is a
- >-> non- flamable solvent frequently used in industrial degreasers.
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- > Is this a relative of carbon tetrachloride? (high school chemistry was
- >loooong ago...)
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- Only that both are chlorinated hydrocarbons. Good degreaser but
- probably way too volatile for a dip tank. The fumes are not
- too bad but at what it costs, evaporation will eat in the wallet fast.
- Plus if you happen to do any welding with trichlor fumes in the air,
- the decomposition products are toxic and corrosive.
-
- John
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