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Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for using of Molybdenum Kit, This kit is used to check the content of molybdenum in stainless steel.

Procedure for using of Molybdenum Kit

1.0      PURPOSE:

• • The purpose of this SOP is to provide a guideline for carrying out the test of Stainless Steel (SS) surface with the Molybdenum kit.

2.0      SCOPE:

• • This SOP is applicable for Material of Construction (MOC) testing of all newly received processing equipment’s contact parts and non-contact parts in the pharmaceutical manufacturing plant.

3.0      REFERENCES:

• • Molybdenum kit manufacturer’s specification

4.0      RESPONSIBILITY (USING OF MOLYBDENUM KIT):

• • The user department shall be responsible to provide the test equipment in clean and dry conditions to carry out the MOC test.

• • The user department shall be responsible to document the observation on the respective column of the protocol.

• • The engineering department shall be responsible to perform the test to determine the MOC of the contact part and non-contact part of the equipment.

• • Quality Assurance shall be responsible To ensure that the test shall be carried out as per the defined procedure.

• • Officer or Executive of the respective department shall be responsible for the preparation of new or revision of existing SOPs.

• • Department Head shall be responsible to ensure that the test shall be performed as per the defined procedure.

• • QA Head and Quality Head shall be responsible to review and approve the SOP.

5.0      ABBREVIATIONS:

• • MOC: Material of Construction

• • NA: Not Applicable

• • QA: Quality Assurance

• • SOP: Standard Operating Procedure

6.0      PROCEDURE USING OF MOLYBDENUM KIT:

• • Put one drop of solution on the clean and dry metal surface to be tested.

• • Pass 9v current (-) ve pole on the chemical drop.

• • Remove 9v current from the chemical drop after observing the color change of the solution.

• • If the color changes to reddish-brown color and remains for a long time then the tested metal is SS 316 grade.

• • If the color changes to reddish-brown color and disappears immediately, then the tested metal is SS 304.

• • Record the observations on the respective column of the Qualification protocol of the tested equipment.

7.0      DISTRIBUTION:

• • Quality Assurance

• • Maintenance

• • User Department

8.0      ANNEXURES: NA