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http://dx.doi.org/10.7464/ksct.2013.19.3.219

A Study on Formulation of Surfactant-free Aqueous Cleaning agents and Evaluation of Their Physical Properties and Cleaning Ability  

Lee, Jae Ryoung (Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Suwon)
Yoon, Hee Keun (Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Suwon)
Lee, Min Jae (Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Suwon)
Bae, Jae Heum (Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Suwon)
Bae, Soo Jeong (AK-Chemtech Co.. Ltd.)
Lee, Ho Yeoul (AK-Chemtech Co.. Ltd.)
Kim, Jong Hee (AK-Chemtech Co.. Ltd.)
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Clean Technology / v.19, no.3, 2013 , pp. 219-225 More about this Journal
Abstract
Environment-friendly and surfactant-free aqueous cleaning agents have been developed in order to solve various problems generated by surfactants in the aqueous cleaning agents. Aqueous surfactant-free cleaning agents, S-1 and S-2 have been formulated with water-soluble solvents such as propylene glycol and propylene glycol ether on their main components and with some additives. These solvents were chosen because of their good solubility in water and excellent solubility of fluxes which are major contaminants of printed circuit board in the electronic industry. Physical properties of the formulated and the imported cleaning agents were measured to predict their cleaning performance, and their cleaning abilities of flux and solder contaminants were evaluated under the various ultrasonic frequencies by a gravimetric method. The measurement results show that the physical properties of cleaning agent V are generally similar with those of formulated cleaning agents S-1 and S-2. Both the cleaning agent V and the formulated cleaning agents S-1 and S-2 showed similar trends that their pH decrease in the beginning and then increases later on with the increase of their dilution in water. It is considered that the wetting indices of the cleaning agents calculated with experimental values do not not have any influence on their cleaning ability. In ultrasonic cleaning tests under three ultrasonic frequencies of 28, 45, and 100 kHz, their best performances of cleaning solder and flux were obtained at 45 kHz and 28 kHz, respectively, and the cleaning performance of the formulated cleaning agents S-1 and S-2 was better than that of the cleaning agent V. However, in the case of the recommended diluted concentration of 25 wt% cleaning solution, the cleaning performance of the cleaner V for solder and flux was better in the initial stage of cleaning compared to the formulated cleaners. And it may be concluded that the formulated cleaning agents S-1 and S-2 can be applied to cleaning of solder and flux in the industry, based on the experimental results in this study.
Keywords
Aqueous cleaning agents; Surfactant-free; Flux cleaning; Solder cleaning; Ultrasonic cleaning;
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