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Competent, Consistent, & Compliant Minncare Cold Sterilant ® Application Notes: Sanitization of High Purity Piping The purpose of this Application Note is to acquaint high purity water system users with the advantages of using Minncare Cold Sterilant to sanitize their distribution piping systems. Why Should I Sanitize My High Purity Water System? Recent studies have demonstrated that nearly all high purity Reverse Osmosis (RO) and Deoinization (DI) piping systems will form biofilms with time. This has proven true even for fluorocarbon piping systems. This biofilm will intermittently shed microorganisms into the treated water and will contribute to particulate levels, bacteria levels and total organic carbon levels. These contaminants can adversely affect your product, your product yields, your lab results, and the service run lengths of your water system filters. What Is Minncare? Minncare Cold Sterilant is a special chemical formulation that incorporates peroxyacetic acid, a hydrogen peroxide catalyst, and other inert ingredients. Why Should I Use Minncare? The Minncare formula provides a superior biocidal activity in the pipe and cleans out biofilms to prevent recolonization of bacteria. • Fast rinse out and short contact times as low as 20 minutes will save system down time and labor. • Minncare Cold Sterilant is compatible with most RO and/or Dl system components and does not cause any long-term wear on the sys tem’s materials of construction. (Note: Minncare may have an adverse effect on some metals such as aluminum, brass and copper. These components are typically not found in RO and/or Dl water systems but check your material’s compatibility with your Mar Cor Purification BioScience Products representative). • Minncare is safe for disposal and with minimal protective equipment (gloves, apron and eye protection are strongly recommend ed) is safe to handle with no exposure to toxic vapors. • Minncare Cold Sterilant completely rinses out of the RO and/or Dl system leaving no residual contaminants behind. Minncare Cold Sterilant also breaks down naturally to acetic acid and hydrogen peroxide, which are very soluble in water. During the rinse phase, if you restart your UV sterilizers, you will produce a small amount of ozone that further cleans the piping system. • Minncare Cold Sterilant is compatible with reverse osmosis membranes. This is most advantageous if an RO system is part of your high purity water system because you can disinfect the entire water system at the same time.

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Minncare Cold Sterilant ® Application Notes: Sanitization of High Purity Piping • Minncare is less expensive than other types of Cold Sterilant agents. For example, hydrogen peroxide requires a 5% to 10% concentration to disinfect a water system. • Minncare is biodegradable and decomposes into oxygen, water and acetic acid; none of which harms the environment. How Much Minncare Do I Use? Minncare Cold Sterilant is typically used in a 1% concentration, which is easily mixed on site. One gallon of Minncare Cold Sterilant will make 100 gallons of solution to sanitize the water system. You...

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