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Monday, July 31, 2006

Friday, July 28, 2006

Plastic Cleaning

Plastic can be attacked by typical cleaners. Stressed polycarbonate can craze. Elastomers can swell.

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Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Monday, July 24, 2006

Friday, July 21, 2006

Determining Detection Limits

How do you know how much detergent residue is acceptable when performing a cleaning validation.

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Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Insoluble Tablet Coating Removal

Water insoluble tablet coatings used for solid dose enteric pharmaceutical tablets are very difficult to clean from coating equipment. It was hard to validate the equipment and prevent cross contamination.

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Monday, July 17, 2006

Optical Interferometer

A sensitive reflective fabric needs to be completely clean to calibrate an optical interferometer on site at an astronomy observatory

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Friday, July 14, 2006

Fiber Optics

Fiber optic cable needs scrupulously clean surfaces at the glass joint to assure efficient light transmission.

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Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Monday, July 10, 2006

Nuclear Decontamination

The use of strippable coatings to decontaminate reactor cavities is expensive and requires valuable time on the lift during outage.

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Friday, July 07, 2006

Veterinary Equipment

Equipment used for equine semen transfer in artificial insemination needs to be free of interfering residues.

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Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Wineglass cleaning

Fragrances, dyes, dispersants and detergent residues found in household cleaners can interfere with sensory appreciation of wine in a wineglass.

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