Unique method for cleaning interiors of liquid oxygen tanks for missiles by vapor degreasing with trichlorethylene developed by Douglas Aircraft and Detrex Chemical Industries, Detroit; technique now adopted by trucking industry for removing asphalt, mineral, vegetable and animal oils, fats, most resins and plasticizers from tank walls much more quickly and economically than by old batch method.


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    Title :

    Cleaning missile tanks by vapor degreasing


    Additional title:

    Metal Progress


    Published in:

    Metal Progress ; 77 , n 2


    Publication date :

    1960


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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