BONDERITE C-AK ALTREX
Harmonization Code : 3208.20.90 | Paints and varnishes that are dispersed or dissolved in a non aqueous medium
Main features
- Inhibited Non-Etching Aluminum Cleaning
- BAC-5749 Medium-Duty Soak Qualification
- Buffered Hard-Water Bath Control
Product Description
BONDERITE® C-AK ALTREX 24 is an inhibited, non-etching, concentrated liquid alkaline cleaner developed for aluminum and aluminum alloys. Qualified under BAC-5749 as a medium-duty soak cleaner, it removes many soils encountered on aluminum while controlling hard-water compounds and providing a highly buffered bath for extended solution life. The cleaner can also be used on brass, copper, magnesium, steel, and stainless steel under appropriately controlled process conditions.
Key features
- Non-etching aluminum cleaning: Inhibited to provide increased process safety for aluminum and aluminum alloys.
- BAC-5749 qualified: Qualified as a medium-duty soak cleaner when operated within the specified BAC-5749 conditions.
- Long bath-life support: Controls hard-water compounds and uses a highly buffered formulation to support extended solution life.
- Liquid concentrate: Supports automatic proportioning and electronic process control without alkaline dust exposure.
- Multi-metal capability: Suitable for controlled cleaning of brass, copper, magnesium, steel, and stainless steel in addition to aluminum.
Applications / Suitable for
- Medium-duty soak cleaning of aluminum and aluminum alloys
- BAC-5749 cleaning processes
- Removal of common soils from aluminum components
- Controlled cleaning of brass, copper, magnesium, steel, and stainless steel
- Automatically proportioned and electronically controlled cleaning systems
TDS, SDS & Technical Documents
Technical Specifications
No specifications available.
Additional Information
As-supplied / before-processing properties
Supplier-published product characteristics and storage information for BONDERITE® C-AK ALTREX 24.
| Property | Value | Unit | Method / condition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Product type | Non-etch alkaline cleaner | — | Supplier classification |
| Physical form | Concentrated liquid | — | As supplied |
| Inhibition | Inhibited | — | Formulated for increased safety to aluminum |
| Process qualification | BAC-5749 | — | Qualified as a medium-duty soak cleaner |
| Freezing sensitivity | Protect from freezing | — | Storage requirement; keep opened containers closed when not in use |
After-processing / operating properties
Supplier-published bath preparation, operating, and control conditions for immersion cleaning with BONDERITE® C-AK ALTREX 24.
| Property | Value | Unit | Method / condition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bath concentration | 5–10 | gal/100 gal | General bath preparation |
| BAC-5749 bath concentration | 5–8 | gal/100 gal | BAC-5749 operating condition |
| Free alkali | 11.4–22.7 | points (mL) | General operating-control range |
| BAC-5749 free alkali | 11.4–18.2 | points (mL) | BAC-5749 operating-control range |
| Operating time | 3–10 | minutes | Immersion cleaning |
| Operating temperature | 120–180 | °F | General operating range |
| BAC-5749 operating temperature | 120–130 | °F | BAC-5749 operating condition |
| Typical bath preparation | 6 | gal/100 gal | Typical working solution |
| Concentration calculation | % by volume = 0.44 × points | — | Free-alkali titration; endpoint pH 8.6 |
| Bath-discharge indicator | Total alkali / free alkali ≥ 2 | ratio | Indicates high soil loading and possible need to discharge the bath |
