fresh rinse water were both 60 degrees c these temperatures were kept constant in order to prevent that the drying properties are influenced by changing temperatures of the substrates in the table below the average drying times in seconds of 2 wash cycli for each of these tests are given the substrates are ceramic plates 1 ceramic cups 2 glass bowls 3 plastic trays 4 cutlery 5 and pale blue cups 6 in this test the drying times are measured for a wash process without dosing rinse components neither rinsing with fresh water parameter of rinse cycle 0 sec this reference test shows that drying times are long because no separate rinse aid is used and no specific surfactants are present in the main wash process test 4 b test in which surfactant is added in the main wash process and without rinse cycle in this test the drying times are measured for a similar wash process as described under test 4a so without rinsing but now 50 ppm of the triton ef24 surfactant is added together with other main wash components these results of test 4 b show that the presence of a relatively low level of the non ionic triton ef24 in the main wash reduces the drying times for most substrates significantly even with no rinse cycle test 4 c d e f test in which surfactant is present in the main wash process and rinsed with fresh water only with various rinse times in these test series the drying times are measured for a similar wash process as described under test 4 b so adding 50 ppm of triton ef24.