Nonhazardous solvent composition and method for cleaning metal surfaces
Abstract
A solvent composition for displacing greasy and oily contaminants as well as water and/or aqueous residue from metallic surfaces, especially surfaces of radioactive materials so that such surfaces can be wiped clean of the displaced contaminants, water and/or aqueous residue. The solvent composition consists essentially of a blend of nonpolar aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent having a minimum flash point of about 140 F and 2 to 25 volume percent of a polar solvent having a flash point sufficiently high so as to provide the solvent composition with a minimum flash point of at least 140 F. The solvent composition is nonhazardous so that when it is used to clean the surfaces of radioactive materials the waste in the form of paper or cloth wipes, lab coats and the like used in the cleaning operation is not considered to be mixed waste composed of a hazardous solvent and a radioactive material.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6227670
- Patent Number(s):
- 5207838
- Application Number:
- PPN: US 7-751912
- Assignee:
- Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 29 Aug 1991
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; MINIMIZATION; METALS; SURFACE CLEANING; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; COMBUSTION PROPERTIES; DECONTAMINATION; GREASES; HYDROCARBONS; OILS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; REMOVAL; RESIDUES; SOLID WASTES; WATER; CLEANING; ELEMENTS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; LUBRICANTS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; SOLVENTS; SURFACE FINISHING; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES; 052000* - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Management
Citation Formats
Googin, J M, Simandl, R F, and Thompson, L M. Nonhazardous solvent composition and method for cleaning metal surfaces. United States: N. p., 1993.
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@article{osti_6227670,
title = {Nonhazardous solvent composition and method for cleaning metal surfaces},
author = {Googin, J M and Simandl, R F and Thompson, L M},
abstractNote = {A solvent composition for displacing greasy and oily contaminants as well as water and/or aqueous residue from metallic surfaces, especially surfaces of radioactive materials so that such surfaces can be wiped clean of the displaced contaminants, water and/or aqueous residue. The solvent composition consists essentially of a blend of nonpolar aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent having a minimum flash point of about 140 F and 2 to 25 volume percent of a polar solvent having a flash point sufficiently high so as to provide the solvent composition with a minimum flash point of at least 140 F. The solvent composition is nonhazardous so that when it is used to clean the surfaces of radioactive materials the waste in the form of paper or cloth wipes, lab coats and the like used in the cleaning operation is not considered to be mixed waste composed of a hazardous solvent and a radioactive material.},
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year = {1993},
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