Cleaning composition with superabsorbent polymer
AssigneeNovaflux Inc.
InventorsMohamed Emam Labib, Stanislav S. Dukhin, Yacoob Tabani, Ching-Yue Lai, James L. Manganaro, Peter Materna, Jeffrey C. Robertson, Seo Yean Sohn
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Abstract
Provided among other things are a cleaning composition comprising a carrier fluid comprising in the carrier fluid polymer comprising particulate super absorbent polymer (PSAP), wherein the PSAP as in the cleaning composition is substantially at the percolation volume fraction or higher; wherein the cleaning composition can be passed over a surface driven by a pressure drop effective to render the composition traditional biofilm (TBF) cleaning effective and protein cleaning effective.
Claims32
A cleaning composition comprising:
- (a) a carrier fluid;
- (b) particles of particulate superabsorbent polymer provided in the carrier fluid, wherein the particulate superabsorbent polymer has sufficient crosslinking to reduce coalescence of the particles of particulate superabsorbent polymer when the particles of particulate superabsorbent polymer are provided in the carrier fluid and when the particles of particulate superabsorbent polymer are provided in a swollen form;
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- (c) a material that forms a network;
- wherein the composition is traditional biofilm (TBF) cleaning effective or build-up biofilm (BBF) cleaning effective on a surface when the composition is caused to flow over the surface;
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- wherein the cleaning composition is in a flowable form and has a storage modulus G′ at 0.1 percent shear strain of 200 Pa or higher, and a yield shear stress of 1 Pa or more.
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