EPA Finds an Ozone-Friendly Solvent
The Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that its panel of 230 technical experts has verified an effective chemical alternative to the ozone-depleting CFC-113, a solvent widely used to clean computers.
The EPA said that the informal industry-government panel, named to evaluate substitutes for chlorofluorocarbons, has certified that Genesolv 2010 solution is capable of cleaning computer circuit boards as well as or better than CFC-113.
The panel also plans to test 10 other solvents as potential CFC substitutes, the EPA said.
Genesolv 2010, manufactured by Allied Signal-Genesolv/Baron Blakeslee, is a blend of hydro-chlorofluorocarbons, or HCFCs, which have far less ozone-depleting potential than CFCs.
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