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US 5,047,164 AGranted
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.
Claims11
A process for preparing an acid-based cleaning/disinfecting composition containing a stable interhalogen, ICl.sub.2 --, said process comprising the in situ preparation of ICl.sub.2 -- by:
- i) reacting in solution a source of I-- with a source of C1-- in the presence of up to 95 percent by weight of solution of an acid selected from the group consisting of nitric acid, phosphoric acid, hydrochloric acid, sulfonic acid, sulfuric acid and mixtures thereof, to produce up to 25 percent by weight of solution of stabilized IC1.sub.2 -- in an acid medium which is not appreciably oxidized by the interhalogen.
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