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US 5,510,055 AGranted
Bleaching regulator compositions and bleaching processes using them
AssigneeBayer Aktiengesellschaft
InventorWolfgang Raimann
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Abstract
Bleaching regulator compositions of good ecological tolerance which, in the anhydrous and alkali-free form, comprise magnesium ions, for example, in the form of magnesium oxide, gluconic acid and nitrilotriacetic acid, and furthermore can contain citric acid, are described. They contain no ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), no phosphates and no phosphonates.
Claims13
A bleaching stabilizer composition which, when used is employed in an aqueous solution which has been rendered alkaline, which stabilizer composition consists of, relative to each other,
- a) 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of magnesium ions, calculated as MgO,
- b) 3 to 200 parts by weight of gluconic acid, an alkali metal salt thereof or a mixture of said acid and said salt, calculated as the free acid,
- c) 3 to 25 parts by weight of nitrilotriacetic acid, an alkali metal salt thereof or a mixture of said acid and said salt, calculated as the free acid, and
- d) 4 to 40 parts by weight of citric acid, an alkali metal salt thereof or a mixture of said acid and said salt, calculated as citric acid monohydrate, and wherein when used in said aqueous solution the constituents a), b), c) and d) together are present in an amount of from 10% to 60% by weight, based on the total weight of aqeous solution and wherein the alkalinity of said solution is adjusted to a pH of 7.5 to 14 by the addition of an alkali metal hydroxide and which contains no ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid no phosphates and no phosphonates.
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