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Alternative Quantitative Methods for Screening Penetrant Testing Cleaning Solutions

Tables

Table 1 - Results of various cleaning solutions with Method D FPI: measurements given in lm/m2 (lm/yd2)

 

S1

S2

S3

TAM1-1

TAM1-2

TAM1-3

TAM1-4

TAM1-5

TAM2-1

TAM2-2

TAM2-3

TAM2-4

TAM2-5

Control

6.67

34.88

36.06

97.52

6.14

3.23

1.83

0.43

18.41

2.26

4.84

3.01

2.15

 

(5.58)

(29.16)

(30.15)

(81.53)

(5.13)

(2.70)

(1.53)

(0.36)

(15.39)

(1.89)

(4.05)

(2.52)

(1.80)

Cleaner 1

5.17

55.33

21.20

31.54

5.49

1.51

1.83

NR

31.22

6.03

1.94

1.83

4.74

 

(4.32)

(46.26)

(17.72)

(26.37)

(4.59)

(1.26)

(1.53)

(NR)

(26.10)

(5.04)

(1.62)

(1.53)

(3.96)

Cleaner 2

13.56

34.23

17.76

26.91

3.66

1.94

0.86

0.65

12.81

5.49

1.61

1.72

NR

 

(11.34)

(28.62)

(14.85)

(22.50)

(3.06)

(1.62)

(0.72)

(0.54)

(10.71)

(4.59)

(1.35)

(1.44)

(NR)

Cleaner 3

6.35

38.43

7.10

4.95*

2.69*

1.51*

3.12*

1.61*

3.55*

2.15*

1.83*

1.29*

1.29*

 

(5.31)

(32.13)

(5.94)

(4.14)*

(2.25)*

(1.26)*

(2.61)*

(1.35)*

(2.97)*

(1.80)*

(1.53)*

(1.08)*

(1.08)*

Cleaner 4

5.60

526.89

52.64

77.50

5.38

5.27

3.23

4.31

200.21

9.69

7.10

9.80

5.06

 

(4.68)

(440.48)

(44.01)

(64.79)

(4.50)

(4.41)

(2.70)

(3.60)

(167.38)

(8.10)

(5.94)

(8.19)

(4.23)

Cleaner 5

1.29

254.03

14.42

7.00*

5.38*

3.44

3.44*

9.47*

8.93*

7.97*

5.92*

11.19*

9.90*

 

(1.08)

(212.37)

(12.06)

(5.85)*

(4.50)*

(2.88)

(2.88)*

(7.92)*

(7.47)*

(6.66)*

(4.95)*

(9.35)*

(8.28)*

Cleaner 6

19.38

119.69

44.56

1.94*

4.52*

2.91

3.12*

3.66*

14.53*

12.16*

6.89*

5.70*

5.49*

 

(16.20)

(100.06)

(37.25)

(1.62)*

(3.78)*

(2.43)

(2.61)*

(3.06)*

(12.15)*

(10.17)*

(5.76)*

(4.77)*

(4.59)*

Cleaner 7

2.15

14.21

3.12

63.61*

4.63*

3.88

3.01*

NR

92.46*

9.80*

6.24*

6.35*

3.34*

 

(1.80)

(11.88)

(2.61)

(53.17)*

(3.87)*

(3.24)

(2.52)*

(NR)

(77.30)*

(8.19)*

(5.22)*

(5.31)*

(2.79)*

Cleaner 8

4.74

22.39

8.50

39.61

6.35

2.15

2.58

0.43

38.75

8.18

5.49

3.44

1.72

 

(3.96)

(18.72)

(7.11)

(33.11)

(5.31)

(1.80)

(2.16)

(0.36)

(32.40)

(6.84)

(4.59)

(2.88)

(1.44)

*Indicative of a value falsely inflated 

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Table 2 - Results of various cleaning solutions with Method A FPI: measurements given in lm/m2 (lm/yd2)

 

S1

S2

S3

TAM1-1

TAM1-2

TAM1-3

TAM1-4

TAM1-5

TAM2-1

TAM2-2

TAM2-3

TAM2-4

TAM2-5

Control

18.30

93.43

17.22

4.95

4.74

2.48

3.77

0.32

19.27

80.84

6.57

7.21

2.15

 

(15.30)

(78.11)

(14.40)

(4.14)

(3.96)

(2.07)

(3.15)

(0.27)

(16.11)

(67.58)

(5.49)

(6.08)

(1.80)

Cleaner 1

NR

9.36

NR

33.26*

15.82*

6.03*

3.77*

1.72*

44.89*

26.80*

13.35*

11.52*

6.78*

 

(NR)

(7.82)

(NR)

(27.81)*

(13.23)*

(5.04)*

(3.15)*

(1.44)*

(37.53)*

(22.40)*

(11.16)*

(9.63)*

(5.67)*

Cleaner 2

11.63

2.69

4.31

39.29*

6.03*

5.60*

5.81*

2.48*

28.52*

19.59*

16.15*

14.32*

4.52*

 

(9.72)

(2.25)

(3.60)

(32.85)*

(5.04)*

(4.68)*

(4.86)*

(2.07)*

(23.84)*

(16.38)*

(13.50)*

(11.97)*

(3.78)*

Cleaner 3

17.55

11.30

0.54

1.18

0.75

3.44

1.40

NR

4.52

13.02

4.20

10.01

9.69

 

(14.67)

(9.45)

(0.45)

(0.99)

(0.63)

(2.88)

(1.17)

(NR)

(3.78)

(10.88)

(3.51)

(8.37)

(8.10)

Cleaner 4

19.05

64.37

37.57

17.33

8.83

7.00

5.17

2.05

18.84

9.15

4.09

2.69

2.05

 

(15.93)

(53.81)

(31.41)

(14.49)

(7.38)

(5.85)

(4.32)

(1.71)

(15.75)

(7.65)

(3.42)

(2.25)

(1.71)

Cleaner 5

17.01

2.91

3.01

3.66*

2.80*

6.35*

4.09*

2.58*

6.46*

7.00*

5.17*

8.83*

10.12*

 

(14.22)

(2.43)

(2.52)

(3.06)*

(2.34)*

(5.31)*

(3.42)*

(2.16)*

(5.40)*

(5.85)*

(4.32)*

(7.38)*

(8.46)*

Cleaner 6

8.83

4.31

9.58

5.60*

2.05*

1.51*

4.20*

1.72*

9.90*

3.98*

3.98*

4.31*

5.70*

 

(7.38)

(3.60)

(8.01)

(4.68)*

(1.71)*

(1.26)*

(3.51)*

(1.44)*

(8.28)*

(3.33)*

(3.33)*

(3.60)*

(4.77)*

Cleaner 7

3.01

3.12

3.01

46.93*

6.78*

0.43*

0.54*

0.32*

9.69*

2.91*

2.15*

1.08*

0.65*

 

(2.52)

(2.61)

(2.52)

(39.23)*

(5.67)*

(0.36)*

(0.45)*

(0.27)*

(8.10)*

(2.43)*

(1.80)*

(0.90)*

(0.54)*

Cleaner 8

9.80

15.72

9.69

23.57

4.74

2.58

0.86

0.22

7.21

7.10

4.41

2.80

0.86

 

(8.19)

(13.14)

(8.10)

(19.70)

(3.96)

(2.16)

(0.72)

(0.18)

(6.03)

(5.94)

(3.69)

(2.34)

(0.72)

*Indicative of a value falsely inflated 

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