Germ killing composition and method
OwnerHoward Alligerinventor
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Abstract
Germ-killing composition produced by contacting an acid material, preferably consisting of at least about 15% by weight of lactic acid, with sodium chlorite in aqueous media, the amount of acid being sufficient to lower the PH of the aqueous media to less than about 7. Methods of disinfecting and sanitizing include application of either the germ killing composition, or reactants providing in situ production thereof, to a germ carrier including substrates of various kinds as well as an enclosed air space.
Claims13
Process for the production of a composition having germicidal properties comprising contacting sodium chlorite with a substantially water soluble acid material selected from the group consisting of organic acids and mixtures thereof with inorganic acid, said acid material comprising at least about 15% by weight of lactic acid, and wherein said contacting is carried out in aqueous media and in the presence of sufficient of said acid to lower the PH of said aqueous media to less than about 7.
Process for disinfecting and sterilizing which comprises contacting a germ carrier with at least a small but effective germ-killing amount of a germicidal composition obtained by reacting sodium chlorite with a substantiaelly water soluble acid material selected from the group consisting of organic acid and mixtures thereof with inorganic acid, said acid material comprising at least about 15% by weight of lactic acid and wherein said contacting is carried out in aqueous media and in the presence of sufficient of said acid to lower the PH of said aqueous media to less than about 7.
Process for the production of a composition having germicidal properties comprising contacting sodium chlorite with lactic and in an aqueous media and in the presence of sufficient of said lactic acid to lower the PH of said aqueous media to less than about 7.
Process for disinfecting and sterilizing which comprises contacting a germ carrier with at least a small but effective germ-killing amount of a germicidal composition obtained by reacting sodium chlorite with lactic acid in an aqueous media and in the presence of sufficient of said lactic acid to lower the PH of said aqueous media to less than about 7.
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