Thank you Bev. I would be a little concerned with methanol as it can often
attack some plastic materials.
I suggested we make Jack Daniels as a preferred supplier but somehow
management did not agree. Certainly the pure ethanol would be too
expensive to use, but I wonder about denatured alcohol.
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Operations Engineering
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On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 4:30 PM <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Doug,
> Pretty sure you can use methanol or ethanol (usually need special
> dispensation to use the latter, at least in Canada - gov wants to make sure
> they get the taxes for the stuff when it is imbibed!) other alcohols could
> also be used, but the longer the alkyl chain the more likely to harm
> plastics AND the higher the BP and this slower evaporating.
>
> Regards,
> Bev
>
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> Good afternoon all.
> A general question - what is everyone using to disinfect surfaces in
> electronics manufacturing work spaces? With the pandemic, many of the
> materials we would normally use, like Formula 409 and isopropanol, are
> getting in short supply as everyone is disinfecting everything in sight.
> Our internal team is looking at new sources and new cleaners, with quick
> testing to determine if any are a danger to electronics, but I am curious
> as to what everyone else is using. As this is probably a charged question,
> you can contact me separately. If I get results that everyone can benefit
> from, in sanitized (pun intended) form, I will do so.
>
> thanks.
>
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> Operations Engineering
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