Highly alkaline cleaning dispersion
AssigneePennwalt Corporation
InventorDavid J. Milora
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Abstract
A highly alkaline aqueous cleaning dispersion comprising sodium hydroxide, a bulking agent such as sodium carbonate and polyacrylic acid dispersing agent is disclosed and claimed. The dispersion when diluted with water is particularly useful in cleaning strip steel after it leaves the rolling mills prior to annealing or coating. A method of preparing the dispersion is also claimed.
Claims8
A liquid highly alkaline aqueous cleaning dispersion which resists separation into layers said dispersion containing at least about 40% solids by weight and comprising the following ingredients expressed as percent by weight:
- Sodium hydroxide:
- 10 to 45%
- Alkali metal or ammonium salt of polyacrylic acid having a molecular weight within the range of 500 to 12,000:
- 0.04% to gelling
- Alkali metal phosphate builder:
- 2 to 15%
- Nonionic surfactant:
- 0.3 to 5%
- Chelator:
- 0.25 to 3%
- Sodium or potassium carbonate as a bulking agent:
- 0.5 to 20%
- Water:
- Balance
- in which the chelator is one or more members selected from group consisting of sorbitol, gluconic acid, glucoheptonic acid, mannitol, ascorbic acid, sorbose, tannic acid, ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid, sodium chrom glucosate, diglycolic acid, aspartic acid, d-gluconolactone, l-rhamnose, nitrilotriacetic acid, and the sodium or potassium salts of the acids.
A liquid highly alkaline aqueous cleaning dispersion which resists separation into layers comprising the following ingredients expressed as percent by weight:
- Sodium hydroxide aqueous solution (50% NaOH):
- 84.25%
- Sodium salt of polyacrylic acid having a molecular weight within the range of 500 to 12,000 (40% conc.):
- 1.0%
- Sodium hexametaphosphate:
- 2.0%
- Nonionic surfactant:
- 1.0%
- Sodium gluconate:
- 0.5%
- Tetrasodium ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid:
- 0.25%
- Sodium carbonate:
- 2.0%
- Water:
- 9.0%.
A liquid highly alkaline aqueous cleaning dispersion which resists separation into layers comprising the following ingredients expressed as percent by weight:
- Sodium hydroxide aqueous solution (50% NaOH):
- 21.0%
- Sodium hexametaphosphate:
- 10.0%
- Sodium gluconate:
- 0.50%
- Tetrasodium ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid:
- 0.25%
- Sodium salt of polyacrylic acid having a molecular weight within the range of 500 to 12,000:
- 1.0%
- Sodium carbonate:
- 20.0%
- Water:
- 47.25%.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.