Cleaning/disinfecting process and composition
AssigneeDiversey, Inc.
InventorMichael P. Corby
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Abstract
A composition characterized in that it comprises one or more interhalogens or sources thereof and one or more acids or sources thereof which are not appreciably oxidized by the interhalogen(s) is disclosed. When diluted with water to in-use solution strength, such may be used in an ambient cleaning and/or disinfecting process in accordance with the present invention particularly for milk- or food-handling equipment.
Claims13
A cleaning and disinfecting composition comprising (a) an effective amount of at least one interhalogen selected from the group consisting of iodine chloride, iodide trichloride, iodine bromide, bromine chloride or mixtures thereof and (b) an amount of at least one acid which is not appreciably oxidized by the interhalogen selected from the group consisting of nitric acid, phosphoric acid, hydrochloric acid, sulphamic acid, sulphuric acid or mixtures thereof, effective to achieve cleaning and disinfecting, the interhalogen being present in an amount ranging from about 2 percent to about 25 percent, by weight, and the acid being present in an amount ranging from about 75 percent to about 95 percent, by weight.
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