| abstract |
The present invention provides a method for cleaning and rinsing an article, with excellent cleaning and rinsing performance. The present invention provides a method for cleaning and rinsing an article, characterized by comprising a cleaning step of contacting an article having a contaminant attached, with a hydrocarbon solvent containing an aromatic hydrocarbon, and a rinsing step of contacting it with a fluorinated ether, wherein the fluorinated ether is a compound represented by the formula 1: nR 1 -O-R 2 Formula 1 nwherein each of R 1 and R 2 which are independent of each other, is a fluorinated alkyl group, wherein the number of fluorine atoms contained in each of R 1 and R 2 is at least one, and the total number of carbon atoms contained in R 1 and R 2 is from 4 to 8. |