Cleaners for military machine parts - Is there a green alternative?

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 771-780

  Trivedi, Hitesh K ^a   Massey, Maurice L ^a   Bhattacharya, Rabi S ^a   Strahl, Gerald A ^b   Collum, David ^b  

^a UES INC   (United States)

^b AMSTA AR CCL FS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqueous; Cleaner; Compatibility; Green; Solvent; Weapon system

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; BOMBS (ORDNANCE); HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HYDROCARBONS; MAINTENANCE; MISSILES; OPTIMIZATION; SOLVENTS; TOXICITY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AQUEOUS; CLEANERS; COMPATIBILITY; GREEN; WEAPON SYSTEMS;

CLEANING;

EID: 1642633111     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-6526(03)00117-3     Document Type: Article

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