On the performance and mechanism of ultrasonically cleaning metal components with environmentally acceptable organic solvents

Transactions of the Institute of Metal Finishing

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 230-236

  Averill, A F ^a   Ingram, J M ^a   Nolan, P F ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECONTAMINATION; LUBRICATING GREASES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHASE INTERFACES; ULTRASONIC CLEANING;

CREVICES; ULTRASONIFICATION;

METAL CLEANING;

EID: 0033329851     PISSN: 00202967     EISSN: None     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.1080/00202967.1999.11871290     Document Type: Article

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