Do we have any chemists her with experience of treating the water bath/bed of a plasma cutter? My grandson has started a business venture cutting out shapes from steel sheet. The machine he has chosen requires the water table contents to be regularly dosed with anti-fungal tablets and a corrosion inhibitor . The branded stuff recommended by the machine suppliers is horrendously expensive. No doubt the actual ingredients are much cheaper if sourced independently. Hence can anyone identify the likely active components?
Look up the safety documentation of the official cleaning material as this will have to disclose anything harmful which probably includes the active ingredients.
Not all materials need be identified. Only the materials requiring special treatment by fire departments or poison control centers. Anything which could injure a human if ingested or inhaled or splashed in eyes, the details should be spelled out.
For trade secret products, only a few of the active ingredients will be described. Still, as you say, it's definitely worth a look, at the MSDS. As it is illuminating.
A sample PDF, the MSDS for "Calcium Lime Rust" cleaner, shows an example of the information offered about the product formulation. You then Google/Wiki the chemical names for details.
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Things like Drano drain cleaner, the composition across the product line can be quite different. They're not all composed the same way. This is why, when pulling an MSDS, you must pull exactly the correct name-string. If you get the product name or SKU wrong, the results could be quite different.
Chemical Name CAS-No. Weight percent Sodium hypochlorite Sodium chloride Sodium hydroxide Sodium silicate The specific chemical identity and/or exact percentage (concentration) of this composition has been withheld as a trade secret. <=== exact percentages
What happens to the waste water from this? If it has chemicals in it, and your drains are linked to the normal sewer, often they require a new sewer to the nearest treatable waste sewer. Brian
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