TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Solvent: The solvent is water, ethylene glycol, 1,2-propylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, 1,3-propanediol, butylene glycol, methanol, ethanol, propanol, isopropanol, butanol, furfurol, glycerol, a monoethylether of glycerol, a dimethyl ether of glycerol, 1,2,6hexanetriol, trimethylolpropane, and/or methoxyethanol.Preferred Parameter: The cleaner-passivator composition is in the form of a one-part cleaner-passivator system having a pH of 4-13; or a two-part composition comprising a cleaning composition and a passivator composition, where cleaner composition has a pH of 1-13, and the passivator composition has a pH of 6-13.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Material: The complexing agent is a hydroxycarboxylate; a phosphonate; a phosphinate; a carboxylate; a dicarboxylate; an acrylate-based polymer, copolymer, or terpolymer; a maleic acid based polymer, copolymer or terpolymer; a polyaspartic acid; and/or an aspartic acid based copolymer. It is citric acid, tartaric acid, gluconic acid, glucaric acid, glucoheptonic acid, glycolic acid, 1-1-hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-diphosphonic acid (HEDP), 2-phosphono-butane-1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid (PBTC), amino tri(methylene phosphonic acid) (AMP), hydroxyphosphono acetic acid (HPA), hexamethylenediaminetetra (methylene phosphonic acid) (HMDTMP), diethylenetriaminepenta (methylenephosphonic acid) (DTPA), phosphono succinic acid or its mono, bis and oligomeric adducts, phosphino succinic acid or its mono, bis and oligomeric adducts, oxalic acid, benzoic acid, formic acid, acetic acid, sulfamic acid, adipic acid, succinic acid, peracetic acid, a polyacrylate, an acrylate-acrylamide copolymer, an acrylateAMPS (acrylamido methylene sulfonic acid) copolymer, an acrylate-maleate copolymer, an acrylate-hydroxypropolyacrylate copolymer, an acrylate-sulfonate copolymer, an acrylate-acrylamide-sulfonate terpolymer, an amine substituted sulfoalylated acrylamide acrylate terpolymer, a polymaleic acid, a polymaleic anhydride, a polymethacrylic acid, an acrylate-methacrylate copolymer, a styrene sulfonatemaleic acid copolymer, a phosphinate-acrylate copolymer, an acrylate-AMPS-styrene sulfonate terpolymer, an acrylate-AMPS-phosphinate terpolymer, a polyaspartic acid, an aspartic acid based copolymer, and/or their isomer or salt. The corrosion inhibitor is a silicate; a tetraalkylorthosilicate ester with the alkyl groups containing 1 to 20 carbon atoms; an organosilane-based compound comprising a silicon-carbon bond; a carboxylate; a 5-16C dicarboxylate; 5-16C monocarboxylic acid; a neoacid; an alkyl (1-14C) cyclohexenoic acid or its salts; a nitrate salt; a nitrite salt; a phosphate salt; an azole; a hydrocarbyl triazole; a thiazole; an imidazole; an orthophosphate; a pyrophosphate; a hexametaphosphate; a polyphosphate; a phosphonate, a phosphinate; a molybdate; a vanadate; a tungstate; a borate; a silicate; and/or a zinc compound. The surfactant is an ethylene oxide-propylene oxide block copolymer, an alkoxylated alcohol, a nonylphenyl ethoxylate, an octaphenyl ethoxylate, a primary ethoxylated alcohol, a secondary ethoxylated alcohol, a polyethylene fatty acid, a polypropylene oxide, a polyethylene glycol, sodium dioctyl sulfosuccinate, sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate, sulfonated diphenyl oxide, an ethoxylated ether amine; an amphoteric surfactant, an amine or imidazoline derivatives of a fatty acid, a sodium alkyl naphthalene sulfonate, a phosphate aromatic or aliphatic ester, a sodium xylene sulfonate, and/or an alcohol surfactant.Preferred Component: The cleaner-passivator composition comprises an antifoam agent, a pH-adjusting agent, a biocide, a colorant, and/or a dye. EXAMPLE - The cleaner-passivator composition was prepared from (wt.%): deionized water (88.843), citric acid (4.625), 50% sodium hydroxide (5.842), Silquest Y-5560 (RTM; silane) (0.08), sodium silicate (0.21), potassium pyrophosphate (0.05), sodium tolytriazole (0.05), sodium nitrate (0.2), and Pluronic L-61 (0.1).