Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a problem that microemulsions exhibiting stability in a very narrow temperature range tend to become unstable under low temperature and high temperature conditions often encountered when shipping product or storing product in a warehouse.SOLUTION: The invention relates to microemulsion compositions containing water, a mixture of nonionic surfactants, and oil. The microemulsion provides for the removal of hydrophobic particularly oily soils from a variety of surfaces. The compositions can be used for cleaning hard surfaces and the laundry, hand washing, and car washing. Typical hydrophobic soils are oily soils derived from petroleum oils or natural fats and oils also containing a significant proportion of particulate soils such as carbon, common dirt and other non-water-soluble typically hydrophobic soil particulate. The microemulsion composition can include a separating medium such as an amphoteric surfactant for controlling the conditions under which the microemulsion is separated.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a water-based concentrated composition essentially free from a hydrocarbon wax and polydimethylsiloxane, showing high washing efficiency and leaving no water spots on the surface of the washed vehicle by mixing a specified amount of an aliphatic alkyl ether amine composition with a stabilizer which solubilizes the ether amine and water. SOLUTION: This composition comprises about 0.1 to 50wt.% composition containing an aliphatic alkyl ether amine of the formula: R-O-R2 NH-A (wherein A is R3 NH2 or H; R2 and R3 are each a 1-6C linear or branched alkylene; and R is an about 6 to 28C aliphatic group), desirably a 10-20C alkyloxyalkyl-1,3- diaminopropane or a 10-20C alkyloxyalkylamine, an affective amount of a stabilizer comprising a neutralizing acid and/or a nonionic surfactant (e.g. 6-24C alcohol ethoxylate) and a major proportion of water.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for preventing proliferation of microorganisms in water for processing and water for transportation which is safe to the human body and is cost effective in food industry. SOLUTION: The water flow used for transporting and processing food is treated with an effective antimicrobial amt. of percarboxylic acid. As the amt. thereof, the oxidation reduction potential(ORP) of the water flow is maintained between about 280 to 460mV with respect to an Ag/AgCl standard electrode. Acetic acid peroxide is usable as the percarboxylic acid.
Abstract:
Continuous coatings are prepared using novel two part compositions and methods. The two part compositions of the invention comprise, in separate containers, a powder polymer composition and a coalescing agent. The powder composition has preferred particle size distribution and composition for use in the compositions or methods of the invention. The coalescing agents of the invention cooperate with the powder part to result in a excellent finish having the appropriate drying hardness, durability, etc. The novel method of the invention involves contacting a coalescing agent with polymer particles in a variety of coating methods. The particles and the coalescing agent interact to form a continuous coating layer or finish layer. The basic coating formation methods of the invention can be embodied in a number of methods or protocols including applying a solid polymer to the liquid coalescing agent, applying the agent to the polymer particulate or applying the liquid and polymer simultaneously. In any protocol, a desirable floor finish can be easily formed. This invention is particularly suitable for a floor finish composition.
Abstract:
A jobsite-renewable floor finish comprising a film former and an appropriate amount of a lightness-inducing agent provides a translucent hardened finish layer having an increased lightness value (as evaluated in relation to an appropriate color space) and a cleaner appearance than a finish made without such lightness-inducing agent.
Abstract:
A composition for the generation of chlorine dioxide including at least one non-iodo interhalide, polyhalide or salt thereof having the formula: BrmClnFoXp, wherein m=0-3, n=0-4, o=0-3, p=0-2, X is a cationic moiety and with the provisos that m+n+o cannot be zero; if m+n+p
Abstract:
The present invention relates to compositions of peroxycarboxylic acid that have reduced odor compared to conventional peroxycarboxylic acid compositions, methods employing these reduced-odor compositions, and methods of making these compositions. Typically, the reduced-odor compositions include an amine oxide surfactant.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a biocidal composition, designed for the generation of chlorine dioxide, comprising at least one iodo-compound having at least one iodine atom and a source of chlorite ions. The molar ration of chlorite ions to iodine atoms is 2 or greater. The composition finds use in a variety of applications including methods of cleaning, deodorizing, and disinfecting various surfaces.
Abstract:
Antimicrobial compositions containing a singlet oxygen-generating agent and a lubricant exhibit very effective antimicrobial activity against a variety of organisms, including Gram-positive bacteria, Gram-negative bacteria, fungi and yeast. The compositions have particular utility as beverage container lubricants. The passage of a container along a conveyor is antimicrobially lubricated by applying a lubricant to at least a portion of the container-contacting surface of the conveyor or to at least a portion of the conveyor-contacting surface of the container and generating singlet oxygen in situ. This method provides effective control of microbes on a beverage conveyor line, at rates comparable to purely chemical biocidal systems.
Abstract:
Antimicrobial compositions containing a singlet oxygen-generating agent and a lubricant exhibit very effective antimicrobial activity against a variety of organisms, including Gram-positive bacteria, Gram-negative bacteria, fungi and yeast. The compositions have particular utility as beverage container lubricants. The passage of a container along a conveyor is antimicrobially lubricated by applying a lubricant to at least a portion of the container-contacting surface of the conveyor or to at least a portion of the conveyor-contacting surface of the container and generating singlet oxygen in situ. This method provides effective control of microbes on a beverage conveyor line, at rates comparable to purely chemical biocidal systems.