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US 4,382,874 AGranted
Organo zirconium complexes
AssigneePetrolite Corporation
InventorFred W. Jenkins
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Abstract
This invention relates to a composition comprising an O/W demulsifier and a zirconium compound, and to the use thereof as an O/W demulsifier. The O/W demulsifier contains amino groups, preferably in quaternary form. The zirconium compound is believed to combine with the quaternary amino group to form a quaternary amino-zirconium complex.
Claims31
A composition of matter comprising
- (1) an O/W organic demulsifier which contains nitrogen atoms, and
- (2) a water soluble zirconium compound which can form the tetramer in aqueous solution.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.