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CO2 Snow Cleaning is a quick and safe surface cleaning process for optics and many materials. CO2 snow cleaning can remove particles from many surfaces, ranging in size from fiber faces to large telescope mirrors. At the same time, hydrocarbon and organic stains can be removed without damage to thin film coatings. Particle removal ranges from visible to a few nanometers; hydrocarbon removal is similar to solvents. High velocity CO2 snow cleans all types of substrates, optics, coated optics, wafers, metals, analytical samples, and many other items. Our video shows data for precisions cleaning. The low velocity CO2 snow cleaning units are aimed at particle removal for telescopes and they are used at observatories around the world. Our equipment includes the typical tube set up and we have larger areas slot nozzles of 5 and 10 cm exit slots. We plan to introduce a 20 cm slot nozzle this winter. We also demonstrate these telescope units.
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