Reduce your fluorinated solvent cost by 1/4 to 1/2
Using Dupont Vertrel® as carrier fluid, degreaser, defluxing solvent, oxygen cleaning or vapor degreasing? We can reduce your economic and environmental footprint by 25-50%. Here’s how:
| Vertrel™ XF (Carrier Fluid) | Vertrel™ XF-R | Generic |
| Virgin Vertrel™ XF (100%) | Reclaimed Vertrel™ XF (100%) | Blend of Fluorinated fluids (100%) |
| Price/lb $$$$ | $$$ | $$ |
| Vertrel™ MCA (Degreaser Solvent) | Vertrel™ MCA -R | Generic |
| Virgin Vertrel™ XF (62%) + virgin trans-dichloroethylene (38%) | Reclaimed Vertrel™ XF (62%) + virgin trans-dichloroethylene (38%) | Generic fluorinated blend (62%) + virgin trans-dichloroethylene (38%) |
| $$$$ | $$$ | $$ |
| Vertrel™ SDG (Degreaser Solvent) | Vertrel™ SDG – R | Generic |
| Virgin Vertrel XF (20%) + virgin trans-dichloroethylene (80%) | Reclaimed Vertrel XF (20%) + virgin trans-dichloroethylene (80%) | Generic fluorinated blend (20%) + virgin trans-dichloroethylene (80%) |
| $$$$ | $$$ | $$ |
| Vertrel™ SMT (Defluxing solvent) | Vertrel™ SMT – R | Generic |
| Virgin Vertrel™ XF (53%) + virgin trans-dichloroethylene (43%)+ methanol 4%) | Reclaimed Vertrel™ XF (53%) + virgin trans-dichloroethylene (43%) + methanol (4%) | Generic fluorinated blend (53%) + virgin trans-dichloroethylene (43%) + methanol (4%) |
| $$$$ | $$$ | $$ |
| Vertrel™ SFR (Defluxing Solvent) | Vertrel™ SFR – R | Generic |
| Virgin Vertrel XF (28%) + virgin trans-dichloroethylene (69%) + methanol (3%) | Reclaimed Vertrel XF (28%) + virgin trans-dichloroethylene (69%) + methanol (3%) | Generic fluorinated blend (28%) + virgin trans-dichloroethylene (69%) + methanol (3%) |
| $$$$ | $$$ | $$ |
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| Solvent | Application | Soil Cleaned | Competitive Products We Replace |
| Vertrel™ XF | Carrier fluid for (1) Electrical Testing (2) Low Temp drilling fluid (3) Mechanical Testing (Low viscosity, high density) (4) Carrier Fluid (to dissolve a fluorinated lubricant and/or apply to part by dip or spray coating. | Mostly used as an engineering fluid to take advantage of it’s electrical, mechanical and non-flammability property or as a carrier fluid to deposit fluorolubricants on surfaces and as a solvent to remove fluorlubricants from parts. | HCFC-141b, 3m™ Novec™ HFE-7100 and similar fluorinated fluids |
| Vertre™l MCA | Degreasing solvent for precision cleaning of small intricate metal and non-metal parts e.g. fuel injectors, or dental implants to remove minor oils, grease, finger-prints and particulate matter. Unlike aqueous cleaning, solvent cleaning will not leave a residue on the surface being cleaned. This is a critical requirement in some process specs for aerospace etc. Oxygen Cleaning is critical application where MCA is used to remove minor hydrocarbon oils followed by 3M™ Novec™ HFE-7100 as a final rinse to remove the MCA (which has trans-dichloroethylene) | All light-weight hydrocarbon oils such as engine fluids, brake fluids, hydraulic fluids etc. as well as finger-print and sub-micron particles. This kind of cleaning is done in clean-rooms by hand- wipe using lint-free engineered wipes, cold-rinse, spray & dry or vapor-degreasing. | AK-225 and other hydrocarbon (flammable) solvents such as OMS, other mineral spirits, toluene etc. |
| Vertrel™ SDG | Similar to MCA applications, except since Vertrel™ SDG has a large amount of trans-dichloroethylene it is more aggressive on the parts and will attack plastics and elastomers but will remove heavier oils & greases and even waxes. It is used mainly to clean small precision engineered metal parts, e.g. tiny ball-bearings or wax residues from glass. | All of the above + heavier oils , greases and waxes. (SDG has a higher Kb value than MCA) | ALL non-alcohol npb formulations (Ensolv etc.) as well as aqueous detergent cleaners. The npb formulations have a health issue and are very aggressive on plastics. The aqueous detergents will always leave a soap-scum residue behind unless rinsed multiple times. Hence these solvents although expensive may be more cost-effective since they clean the part in 1-step vs. longer and multi-step aqueous cleaning cycles. |
| Vertrel™ SMT | Defluxing solvent used mainly to remove solder flux after solder reflow step. Electronic assemblies being cleaned are intricate and have non-metal components so the solvent has to be compatible with plastics, elastomers etc. | Flux residues (resins either plant based or synthetic. Also, since there are other metallic contaminants from the solder metals, the alcohol in the Vertrel™ SMT provides a polarity to remove ionic impurities. | All solvent flux removers. |
| Vertrel™ SFR | Same as Vertrel SMT™ applications except more aggressive since it has a large amount of trans-dichloroethylene used to clean mainly metal assemblies. Plastic components would be damaged by this solvent. | Same as above (SFR has a higher Kb value than SMT) | All npb and AK-225 formulations with alcohol. |
Call Courtney at 800 563-1035 x 102 or email Courtney to buy or FREE quote.
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