CA1073311A - Azeotrope-like compositions of trichlorotrifluoroethane, methanol, ethanol, isopropanol and nitromethane - Google Patents

Azeotrope-like compositions of trichlorotrifluoroethane, methanol, ethanol, isopropanol and nitromethane

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CA1073311A
CA1073311A CA266,959A CA266959A CA1073311A CA 1073311 A CA1073311 A CA 1073311A CA 266959 A CA266959 A CA 266959A CA 1073311 A CA1073311 A CA 1073311A
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Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE INVENTION
Solvent cleaning composition composed of azeotrope-like mixtures of 1,1,2-trichioro-2,2,2-trifluoroethane, methanol, ethanol, isopropanol and nitromethane.

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BACKGROUND ! OF THE INVENTION
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Fluorocarbon solvents, such as 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane, are widely used as degreasing agents due to their excellent solvent power for greases and some emulsion-type lubricants. Trichlorotrifluoroethane alsc> finds wide use in removing solder flux from printed circuit boards due to its selective solvency and nonflammability. Since trichloro-trifluoroethane is non-polar, it does not remove polar con-taminants. Thus, to overcome this inability, trichlorotri-fluoroethane has, in the past, been mixed with aliphatic alcohols Alcohols, wnile being relatively poor solvents for oils,are good solvents for polar organic acids such as abietic acid which is one of the main constituents of resin flux formulations.
Furthermore, monobasic alcohols such as methanol, ethanol isopro-panol, etc., dissolve certain amounts of sodium chloride and potassium chloride, and mixtures thereof with trichlorotrifluoro-ethane serve as solvents for, among other things, removing finger-prints from contaminated substrates, such as glass.
~ ixtures of trichlorotrifluoroethane and alcohols that exhibit a minimum boiling point, i.e., azeotropic mixtures, are not flammable and retain almost all of the safety characteristics of the fluorocarbon constituent.
The use of these solvents in vapor degreasing equipment is necessary because such systems generate redistilled material r~~ ,~

for final rinse-cleaning. The vapor degreasing system acts as a still. There~ore, unless a mixture of solvents exhibit a constant boilin~ point, i.e., are azeotropes or azeotrope-like, fractionation will occur and undesirable solvent distribution may act to upset the cleaning and safety of the processing. It is, therefore, advantageous to develop solvent mi~tures which are azeotropes or azeotrope-like. Furthermore, the more alcohols that are present in the solvent mix~ures the wider the spectrum of solvency power that the mixtures will have.
A number of azeOtrQpic and azeotrope-like mixtures of trichlorotrifluoroethane with alcohols such as methanol, ethanol ;~
and isopropanol, with or without a third component such as nitro-methane, have been disclosed. Several have been used commercially as degreasing solvents. For example, U.S.P. 3,903,009 discloses the ternary azeotrope of trichlorotrifluoroethane with nitromethane and ethanol; U.S.P. 3,960,746 discloses azeotrope-like compositions comprising trichlorotrifluoroethane, methanol and nitromethane; ;
U.S.P. 3,789,006 discloses the ternary azeotrope of trichlorotri-fluoroethane with nitromethane and isopropanol; U.S.P. 3,573,213 discloses the binary azeotrope of trichlorotrifluoroethane with nitromethane; U.S.P. 3,340,199 discloses the binary azeotrope of trichlorotrifluoroethane with isopropanol; L. H. Horsley [2152]
Azeotropic Data-III (Am. Chem. Society 1973) discloses the binary azeotrope of trichlorotrifluoroethane and ethanol; L. H. Horsley [1763] Azeotro~ic Data-III (~m. Chem. Society 1973) discloses the binary azeotrope of nitromethane and ethanol; L. H. Horsley [1781] Azeotropic Data-III (Am. Chem. Society 1973) discloses the binary azeotrope of nitromethane and isopropanol; and L. H. Horsley [1753] Azeotropic Data-III (Am. Chem. Society 1973) discloses the binary azeotrope of nitromethane and methanol.
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There is a constant effort to develop similar solvents `
which have a greater versatility of solvent po~er.
It is the object of this invention to provide azeotropic or azeotrope-like solvent cleaning compositions which have good solvency power and versatility in solvent use.
This and other objects will become apparent from the description which follows.
Description of the Invention In accordance with this invention, there is provided azeotrope-like compositions consisting essentially of about 94.0 weight percent 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane, about 3.1 weight percent methanol, about 1.3 weight percent ethanol, about 0.4 weight percent isopropanol and about 1.2 weight percent nitromethane. Those compositions have a density of about l.g9 grams/ml at 25C. and a boiling point of about 42C., at 752.9 mm Hg. The compositions exhibit excellent solvency power and a great degree of versatility. --For the purpose of this discussion by azeotrope-like is intended to mean that the composition behaves like a true azeotrope in terms of its constant boiling characteristics or tendency not to fractionate upon boiling or evaporation. Such composition may or may not be a true azeotrope. Thus in such compositions, the composition of the vapor formed during boiling or evaporation is identical or substantially identical to the original liquid composition. Hence during boiling or evaporation, the liquid composition, if it changes at all, changes only to a minimal or negligible extent. This is to be contrasted to non-azeotropic or the non-azeotrope-like compositions in which during boiling or evaporation the liquid composition changes to a sub-stantial degree.

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As is well known in this art, another characteristic of azeotrope-like compositions is that there is a range of compositions containing the same components in varying proportions which are ~`
azeotrope-like. All such compositions are intended to be covered by the term azeotrope-like as used herein.
The compositions according to this invention have the advantage of providing additional solvency power, due to the presence of additional alcohols, including an improved power to dissolve sodium salts due to the presence of methanol, while still retaining to a great extent the nonflammability of tri-chlorotrifluoroethane. The solvents of this invention may be used to clean synthetic organic polymers, plastics, resins, resin laminates, resin bonded paper board, bakelite, fiberglass and like materials.
The azeotrope-like mixtures of this invention may be used in most of the normal applications of trichlorotrifluoro-ethane or its other known azeotrope-like mixtures.
The compositions of this invention may be used as solvents in conventional apparatus employing conventional operating techniques. Solvent may be used without heat if desired, but the cleaning action of the solvent may be assisted by conventional means, for example use of boiling solvent, agita-tion or ad~uvants.
The components of the present azeotrope-like composi-tions are commercially available in substantially pure form.
While it is preferable to have the components in substantially pure form, minor impurities will generally not adversely affect the performance of the compositions For example, the ethanol may be denatured and still be used as the ethanol component of the solvent. The compositions of this invention can be prepared _~ _
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by combining and admixing the constituents in about the specified proportions~ Alternatively, the azeotrope-like compositions can be isolated by distillation from mixtures of the components in any proportions.
The compositions of this invention are nonflammable in air under all conditions whereas compositions containing substan-tially greater amounts of methanol, ethanol, isopropanol or nitro-methane may become flammable on evaporation.
The azeotrope-like compositions of the present invention are particularly well suited for the cleaning of printed circuit boards contaminated with solder flux. Vapor degreasers are generally used to apply the solvent to the boards. In the conventional operation of a vapor degreaser, the board is passed throu~h a sump of boiling solvent which removes the bulk of the solder flux, and thereafter through a sump containing freshly distilled solvent near room temperature, and finally through solvent vapors over the boiling sump which provides a final rinse with clean pure solvent which condenses on the circuit board. In addition, the board can also be sprayed with distilled solvent before final rinsing.
The azeotrope-like nature of the present composition insures that ade~uate proportions of each component will be present at all stages in the operation of a vapor degreaser.
Non-azeotrope-like compositions would, through the distillation process, exhibit increasingly divergent`solvent compositions in the various stages, accompanied by loss of the beneficial effect of the component reduced in concentration in the distillation process. In particular, the continued presence of nitromethane in the composition, even after repeated distil-lation, inhibits any metal-attack caused by the presence of 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane and alcohols that would occur in the absence of nitromethane.

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Exam~le I
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A distillation pot was charged with 48 grams of methanol, 36 grams of isopropanol, 48 grams of ethanol, 24 grams of nitro-methane and 1044 grams of 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane and the mixture was heated. The barometric pressure was measured at 75209 mm Hg. A constant boiling fraction at 42C. was collected and found to contain all five components. Hence this fraction was determined to be azeotrope-like. Analysis by gas chromatography determined that the weight percentages of the components of this con-10 stant boiling fraction were:
1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane 94.0~ ;
methanol 3.1%
ethanol 1.3%
isopropanol 0.4~
nitromethane 1.2%
Exampl_ II
A standard measure of solvency for certain classes of solvents is the Kauri-Butanol value. This test (ASTM 1]63-61) was made on the preferred azeotrope-like composition of this invention.
The established value was then compared with some binary and ternary azeotrope-like solvents. The results are given in Table I.

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Table I
Component K-B Value*
1. Trichlorotrifluoroethane 30 2. Nitromethane 11 3. Trichlorotrifluoroethane (96.2%) and Ethanol (3.8%) 38
4. Trichlorotrifluoroethane (97.2%) and Isopropanol (2.8%) 36
5. Trichlorotrifluoroethane (95.3%) 39 Ethanol (3.6%) and Nitromethane (1.1%) 10 6. Azeotrope-like composition of Example I, Trichlorotrifluoroethane (94.8%) 42 Methanol ~3.1%) Ethanol (1.3%) Isopropanol (0.4%) and Nitromethane (1.2%) * These values may vary from analyst to analyst because of the nature of the test.
Example III
To indicate the solvency power of the composition of this in-ventionl the following test was conducted. A few drops of Alpha 611 liquid rosin flux (comprises 37% of water-white rosin, less than 1% of organic acid and non-chloride activator and the balance isopropanol, a product of Alpha Metals, Inc.) was placed on copper clad printed circuit boards, then baked for 20 seconds at 550F, over a hot plate. The boards were immersed in room temperature solvents and timed until the flux residue dissolved under constant stirring. The test was repeated for all solvents tested. The results are given in Table II.

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Table II
Time in Seconds Component Test No. 1 Test No. 2 1. Trichlorotrifluoroethane (96.2%) and Ethanol (3.8%) Ç0 55 2. Trichlorotrifluoroethane (97.2~) and Isopropanol (2.8%) 60 70 3. Trichlorotrifluoroethane (95.3%) 50 50 Ethanol (3.6~) and Nitromethane (1.1%) 4. Azeotrope-like composition of Example I, Trichlorotrifluoroethane (94.0%) 23 31 Methanol (3.1%) Ethanol (1.3%) Isopropanol (0.4%) and Nitromethane (1.2%) ", . " ,

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What is claimed is:
1. Azeotrope-like compositions comprising about 94.0 weight percent 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane, about 3.1 weight percent methanol, about 1.3 weight percent ethanol, about 0.4 weight percent isopropanol and about 1.2 weight percent nitromethane.
2. The method of cleaning a solid surface which com-prises treating said surface with an azeotrope-like composition as defined in claim 1.
3. The method of cleaning a solid surface as described in claim 2 in which the solid surface is a printed circuit board contaminated with solder flux.
CA266,959A 1975-12-08 1976-12-01 Azeotrope-like compositions of trichlorotrifluoroethane, methanol, ethanol, isopropanol and nitromethane Expired CA1073311A (en)

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