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    Gasholder emissions reduction

    Might want to think about a swimming pool cover; not elegant but might work. There are also "ping pong ball" types of things that are shaped like dodecahedrons that fit together better than ping pong balls. They might help. I haven't tried to seal VCM/H2O like this but I've used mineral oil...
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    Total phosphor increasing value in discharge waste water

    bimr's right, many industrial cleaning compounds contain trisodium phosphate, tripoly phoshate or tetrasodiumpyrophosphate. These are used to sequester dirt in aqueous solutions. Find the cleaner that someone is dumping behind your back and you'll probably correct the problem. You can also...
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    new facility master validation plan

    Actually I have seen and used some very good templates. They have generally been mostly focused on safety but should be easily adapted for complete facility design. You might look under something like operational readiness inspection or contact a buddy at a chemical company that does large...
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    Cleaning Validation

    I haven't worked in the pharm. industry so I'm not familiar with what you might be trying to validate but we had similar cleaning validation question when I was in the semiconductor industry. You might try contacting people or websites in that industry to see if some of their techniques can be...
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    Epoxy Polyester Hybrid Powder Coat

    jdehoyos1 There are a number of chemical paint strippers on the market that do this. Most of them take between 1 and 4 hours to remove the powder coating. I have recently and accidentally come across a new supplier in the industry that has a product that removes epoxy, acrylic and/or...
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    Surface Preparation of Nickel Cobalt

    vtmys: I've never done this with NiCo alloy but you might try Sodium or Ammonium Bifluoride solution at about 140F.

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