APPLICATION BULLETIN | Elevance Clean® 1200 | Industrial Metal Cleaning

ELEVANCE CLEAN® 1200 – INDUSTRIAL METAL CLEANING

Grease and oil removal is important in different

industries that require metal cleaning, especially

in machining metal parts as a prelude to surface

treatment, maintenance work, and machine and

parts cleaning. The efficiency and effectiveness of

the cleaning material directly impacts how well

these soils are removed. However, the scarcity

of products that perform adequately while also

meeting challenging VOC limits and safety concerns

poses a challenge to the industry. To date, achieving

compliance and performance has been difficult

with sustainably sourced solvent alternatives

due to inferior solvent efficacy, solvent (product)

oxidative instability (as with methyl soyate), instrinsic

high volatile organic content, or supply and price

fluctuations (as with d-limonene).

The superior performance and VOC-exempt* status of

Elevance Clean® 1200 allows formulators to overcome

the cleaning shortcomings resulting from tighter

restrictions on VOCs.

Industrial MetalCleaning

Consumer and Industrial Ingredients

* 40 CFR 59.203 - Standards for consumer products/Directive 2004/42/CE of the European Parliament and the Council.

The Elevance Clean® 1200 product line consists of two products containing the same active material. Elevance Clean® 1200XA is a cleaning ingredient without added fragrance. Elevance Clean® 1200HT is Elevance Clean® 1200XA with fragrance added. The technical performance of both products is identical.

All references to Elevance Clean® 1200 in this document refer to both products.

Elevance Clean® 1200

Elevance Clean® 1200 enables formulators to develop products that meet their customers’ most challenging cleaning needs while fulfilling their requirements for VOC-exempt status. With Elevance Clean® 1200, formulators can:

• Deliver superior cleaning kinetics that surpass petrochemical and alternative bio-based solvent formulations for oils and greases

• Empower employers to eliminate corrosive, caustic cleaners by delivering superior neutral pH formulation performance

• Support finished product ecolabeling, reflecting Elevance Clean® 1200’s numerous certifications as a sustainable and safe cleaning ingredient

Elevance Clean® 1200 is proven safe for a number of metals and key alloys, including aviation-grade aluminum, galvanized steel, stainless steel and clad aluminum. In addition, Elevance Clean® 1200 degreases more effectively and rapidly even in non-corrosive or neutral pH solutions, requiring less time in metal cleaning than a range of traditional and bio-based solvents, such as Aromatic 150, d-limonene, methyl soyate and dibasic esters.

ELEVANCE CLEAN® 1200 | INDUSTRIAL METAL CLEANING

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Elevance Clean® 1200

MethylSoyate

Rhodiasolv®

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d-Limonene Turpentine Isopar L Exxsol D60

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Elevance Clean® 1200

MethylSoyate

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d-Limonene Turpentine Isopar L Exxsol D60

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216º C

INITIAL BOILING POINT (ºC)

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Applications

Elevance Clean® 1200 is an extremely effective ingredient that can be formulated to boost cleaning products’ abilities to remove many common and hard-to-remove soils. Target soils include but are not limited to:

• Gear grease

• Lubricants

• Industrial oil

• Metalworking fluids

• Military specification greases

• Crude oil

• Corrosion prevention oils

• Cutting oil

In addition, high-performing Elevance Clean® 1200 boasts a favorable environmental profile and can replace materials that compromise performance, environmental profile or both, such as:

• d-Limonene

• l-Turpentine

• Mineral spirits

• Soy methyl esters

• White spirits

• Dibasic esters

• Isoparaffin

• Aromatics

EHS Advantages | Better Safety Profile

Elevance Clean® 1200 has a high flash point and, as a VOC-exempt* cleaning product, enables a greater degree of flexibility for a formulator’s product offering as requirements in the metal cleaning industry become more stringent.

Figure 1. ASTM D93 | Flash Point by Pensky-Martens Closed Cup Tester

Figure 2. ASTM D2887 | Boiling Range Distribution of Petroleum

Fractions by Gas Chromatography

* 40 CFR 59.203 - Standards for consumer products/Directive 2004/42/CE of the European Parliament and the Council.

Elevance Clean® 1200

is non-flammable in

accordance with OSHA

designations, adding

an extra element of

safety in handling and

transportation.

Elevance Clean® 1200

exceeds VOC-exemption*

classification requirements

for the EU and U.S. and

does not contribute to the

VOC calculations in your

formulated products.

ELEVANCE CLEAN® 1200 | INDUSTRIAL METAL CLEANING

Industry Certifications

• VOC-exempt (40 CFR 59.203 – Standards for consumer products/Directive 2004/42/CE of the European Parliament and the Council)

• TSCA-listed and REACh-registered

• California ARB LVP VOC (CARB Method 310)

• Readily biodegradable by OECD Method 301

• Non-flammable (ASTM D-93) by OSHA standard 29 CFR 1910.106

• Listed in the USDA BioPreferred® catalogue with 69% bio-renewable carbon

• Reviewed by EPA’s Safer Choice program and qualifies for use in Safer Choice-labeled products

• Certified as a cleaning ingredient by NSF for non-food contact applications

• Free of components listed EU Dangerous Substances Directive (Regulation No. 1272/2008)

Metal Compatibility Test Results

1 ASTM F483-09 – Total Immersion Corrosion Test for Aircraft Maintenance Chemicals2 Boeing Document D6-17487 – Evaluation of Airplane Maintenance Materials

AlloyApparent Corrosion

Rate (mmpy)2 Observations1

Aluminum (Al2024-T3) < +/- 10 No change

Clad Aluminum (Al2024-T3) < +/- 10 No change

Aluminum (Aw5-T6) < +/- 10 No change

Clad Aluminum (Al7075-T6) < +/- 10 No change

Aluminum (Al5083) < +/- 10 No change

Galvanized Mild Steel (C1010) < +/- 10 No change

Galvanized Steel (G90) < +/- 10 No change

Stainless Steel (304L) < +/- 10 No change

Stainless Steel (316L) < +/- 10 No change

Admiralty Brass (CDA443) < +/- 10 No change

Copper (CDA110) < +/- 10 No change

Performance in Lithium Grease Cleaning

Formulating cleaning products with Elevance Clean® 1200 provides the needed cleaning effectiveness in removing lithium grease in repair and maintenance shops. Elevance Clean® 1200 affords significant gains in cleaning kinetics, saving operations time and man-hours both in neat and aqueous formulations. Elevance Clean® 1200 formulations meet and exceed the cleaning performance of various commercial degreasing products.

Lithium Complex Grease Removal by Mechanical Cleaning

SoyGold® 1000 | 184 Cycles

d-Limonene | 115 Cycles Rhodiasolv® IRIS | 115 Cycles

Elevance Clean® 1200 | 39 Cycles Aromatic 150 | 62 Cycles

A standardized test of equal weight solvent microemulsions demonstrates that Elevance Clean® 1200 shows powerful degreasing kinetics relative to existing industry benchmarks. The Elevance Clean® 1200 VOC free semi-aqueous degreaser more rapidly removed cured lithium complex grease from stainless steel than its conventional solvent counterparts.

Test Formulation | Lithium Grease Removal

• Elevance Clean® 1200/20%

• Geropon® SS-O-75/27%

• Lutensol® XP-89/7%

• STEPANATE® SXS/5%

• Water to 100%

Ingredient/% by Weight

LEVERAGE THE SUPERIOR CLEANING PERFORMANCE OF ELEVANCE CLEAN® 1200 TO BUILD YOUR BUSINESS.

ELEVANCE CLEAN® 1200 | INDUSTRIAL METAL CLEANING

Performance in Petroleum Grease Removal

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Elevance Clean® 1200

MethylSoyate

Aromatic 150

d-Limonene ControlIsopar L Exxsol D60

AVERAGE TIME TO COMPLETE REMOVAL OF PETROLEUM GREASE

TIME, MIN

Figure 4. Immersion cleaning conducted using 5% solvent semi-aqueous emulsions

Test Formulation – Petroleum Grease Removal

• Elevance Clean®1200/5%

• Aerosol® OT-75-PG/6%

• Lutensol® XP-89/2%

• STEPANATE® SXS/5%

• Water to 100%

Ingredient/% by Weight

Testing Methodology

Lithium Grease Removal mechanical cleaning Valvoline General Multi-Purpose Grease – NLGI #2 Grade Lithium EP Grease. 3"x 3" 0.3-mm thick film centered on 3"x 6" stainless steel plate. 15 h cure @ 160 °C then 2 h @ 200 °C. 10 mL formulation-imbibed cellulose sponge. Gardner scrub apparatus is cycled to achieve 80% removal (visual). Image analysis quantification.

Petroleum Grease Removal A standard petroleum grease was prepared from 25 grams 15W40 weight motor oil, 25 grams “STA-Grease” from Conoco Oil Company, 75 grams heptane, 75 grams methylene chloride and 0.2 gram oil soluble dye. 25 mm ×75 mm glass slides were coated (25 mm × 30 mm on each side) and dried. Slides were immersed into a stirred beaker of RT test solution. The time to complete soil removal was measured in triplicate trials. Average times reported.

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