Acidic antimicrobial multi-puropose cleaner with a sulfonate anionic surfactant and phenoxyethanol mixture
AssigneeEcolab USA Inc.
InventorsAmanda Bakken, Mark D. Levitt, Avila Abelseth
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to multi-purpose cleaning compositions, methods of manufacturing the multi-purpose cleaning compositions, and methods of using the multi-purpose cleaning compositions to clean a surface. Beneficially the multi-purpose cleaning compositions are capable of removing soil and providing antimicrobial activity. The compositions are especially useful on hard surfaces and are preferably low streaking.
Claims20
A concentrated multi-purpose cleaning composition comprising:
- between about 1 wt. % and about 60 wt. % of an anionic sulfonated surfactant;
- between about 1 wt. % and about 30 wt. % of a solvent having a less than 5% (wt./wt.) solubility in water;
- a carrier;
- wherein the anionic sulfonated surfactant and solvent are in a ratio between about 3:1 and about 1:3;
- and wherein the composition has a pH of between about 0.5 and about 1.5.
The composition of claim 11, wherein the lubricant is in a concentration of between about 1 wt. % and about 20 wt. % and comprises glycerin, propylene glycol, or mixture thereof.
A ready-to-use multi-purpose cleaning composition comprising:
- between about 0.01 wt. % and about 2 wt. % of an anionic sulfonated surfactant;
- between about 0.01 wt. % and about 2 wt. % of a solvent having a less than 5% (wt./wt.) solubility in water;
- between about 78 wt. % and about 96 wt. % of a carrier;
- wherein the composition has a pH of less than about 3.5;
- and
- wherein the composition provides at least about 3 log reduction in a microbial population in about 15 minutes or less.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.