Inhibition of the staining of porcelain surfaces by manganese
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorLeonard E. Small
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Abstract
Method, composition and article of manufacture to inhibit the staining of water-contacting surfaces, such as those in a toilet bowl, which is caused by manganese present in household water in the presence of an oxidizing material. Manganese staining is inhibited by supplying to the water 0.05 ppm to 10 ppm of a glassy phosphate having the formula MO(MPO.sub.3).sub.n M wherein M is sodium or potassium and n is an integer of from about 6 to about 21.
Claims12
A dispensing article for use in the tank of a toilet which comprises a tank and a bowl, said article comprising independent first and second dispensing means which contain, respectively, a composition comprising a source of hypochlorite ion and a composition comprising glassy phosphate, wherein said respective dispensing means, upon flushing of the toilet, dispense into the flush water a sufficient quantity of their respective compositions to establish a hypochlorite concentration of about 3 ppm to about 20 ppm available chlorine and a glassy phosphate concentration of about 0.05 ppm to 10 ppm in the toilet bowl water at the end of the flush, and wherein said glassy phosphate has the formula MO(MPO.sub.3).sub.n M wherein M is sodium or potassium and n is a number of from about 6 to about 21.
A method for inhibiting the staining of surfaces in contact with water which contains at least 50 ppb manganese (II) ion and an amount of hypochlorite ion sufficient to oxidize said Mn(II) to Mn(IV), comprising the step of establishing in the water a concentration of from 0.05 to 10 parts per million (ppm), of a glassy phospate having the formula MO(MPO.sub.3).sub.n M wherein M is sodium or potassium and n is a number of from about 6 to about 21 and wherein said water has a hardness of from about 85 ppm to about 350 ppm, calculated as calcium carbonate.
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