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Solvents for Vapor Degreasing, Ultrasonic Cleaning, and Manual Cleaning

Chemtronics has a large variety of cleaners for replacing 3M Novec solvents. Chemtronics offers proprietary formulas that meet stringent cleaning and purity requirements, but at a higher cleaning performance and lower cost. Tri-V branded solvents are engineered to be less toxic than many other solvents commonly used in vapor-degreasers: e.g., TCE (trichloroethylene), nPB (n-propyl bromide), and perc (perchloroethylene).

The following are Chemtronics products ideally suited to replace 3M Novec products:

3M Products Chemtronics Cross
3M Novec Electronic Cleaner Max-Kleen Tri-V
3M Novec Flux Remover Flux-Off Delta
3M Novec Contact Cleaner Pow-R-Wash CZ
3M Novec Contact Cleaner Plus Pow-R-Wash VZMax-Kleen Tri-V
3M Novec 7100 and 7200 Coventry 12820
3M Novec 71DE and 72DE Max-Kleen Tri-V
3M Novec 71DA and 72DA Flux-Off Tri-V

For more information on the 3M announcement on the discontinuation of their Novec branded solvents, see "3M Announcement of Novec Phase-Out… What Does It Mean?".

For more details on PFAS regulations, see "Is This the End of the “Forever Chemicals” Era?".

Max-Kleen Tri-V Max-Kleen Tri-V
Extra-strength, nonflammable heavy duty electronics cleaner for replacing n-propyl bromide
Flux-Off Delta Flux-Off Delta
Extra strength, nonflammable solvent that removes heavy and encrusted flux deposits
Pow-R-Wash CZ Pow-R-Wash CZ
Nonflammable contact cleaner for the most sensitive plastics
Pow-R-Wash VZ Pow-R-Wash VZ
Nonflammable electronic contact cleaner that is safe on most plastics
Coventry 12820 Precision Cleaning Solvent 12820
Solvent for critical cleaning applications, oxygen systems cleaning and validation testing
Flux-Off Tri-V Flux-Off Tri-V
Extra strength, nonflammable flux remover for replacing n-propyl bromide

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