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chem cleaning

Chemical Cleaning remove foulings and make metals less reactive from further corrosion commisioning utilization efficiency/energy conservation maintenance cleaning w/ alkali rinsing cleaning w/ acid rinsing passivation w/ alkali effluents (both acidic and basic) shall be neutralized to remove organic substances degreasing emulsifying warm aqueous alkaline solutions to soften and dissolve inorganic scales picking and cleaning mineral acids being high ionised organic acids being much less strogly ionised HCl acid for cleaning of mild steel HNO3 to S.S (debris, sludge, residual chemical, etc.) water flushing to reform a thin adherent iron oxide layer a hot alkaline solution containing 0.1-1% oxidant

alkali cleaning

acid cleaning

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rinsing

slime algae denature fouling sludge scale corosion alkali cleaning acid cleaning rinsing passivation degreasing dirt metal chip metal dust polishing fat caustic soda saponified chelating(complex-forming) debris sequestrant rust

passivation w/ alkali

terms

( ) ex)chelating agent ex)sequestering agent