Process for the manufacture of hypochlorite bleaching compositions
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorGiuseppe Trigiante
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a process for the manufacture of liquid aqueous bleaching compositions comprising hypochlorite, a strong source of alkalinity and water, said process comprising the steps of: mixing said alkali metal hypochlorite, said strong source of alkalinity and said water, adding a precipitating agent, or mixtures thereof; and thereafter separating the precipitates formed from said composition. The compositions provided by the process according the present invention are substantially free of heavy metal ions, thereby providing improved whiteness performance and/or fabric safety performance.
Claims20
A process for the manufacture of a stabilized aqueous hypochlorite solution, said process comprising the steps of:
- a) mixing a source of alkali metal hypochlorite and a source of alkalinity in water to form an alkaline hypochlorite solution;
- b) adding to said solution a precipitating agent, said precipitating agent selected from the group consisting of the alkali metal salts of oxalate, phosphonate, borate, sesquicarbonate, silicate, thiocarbonate, and mixtures thereof;
- c) precipitating heavy metal ions which are present as an impurity by forming a precipitate;
- d) filtering said solution to remove said precipitate;
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- e) adding to said solution a chelating agent, said chelating agent having a binding constant, K, wherein:
- i) when said chelating agent binds one atom of heavy metal per molecule of chelating agent, K is greater than 10.sup.5 ;
- ii) when said chelating agent binds two atoms of heavy metal per molecule of chelating agent, K is greater than 10.sup.6 ;
- iii) when said chelating agent binds three atoms of heavy metal per molecule of chelating agent, K is greater than 10.sup.7 ;
- to form a stabilized alkaline hypochlorite solution comprising from 0.01% to 10% by weight, of hypochlorite based on the amount of active chlorine;
- wherein the pH of said solution is from 10 to 14.
A process for the manufacture of a stabilized aqueous hypochlorite solution, said process comprising the steps of:
- a) mixing a source of sodium hypochlorite and sodium hydroxide in water to form a solution of sodium hypochlorite having a pH of from 10 to 14;
- b) adding to said sodium hypochlorite solution a precipitating agent, said precipitating agent selected from the group consisting of sodium oxalate, sodium silicate, and mixtures thereof;
- and precipitating one or more heavy metal ions which are present by forming a precipitate thereof;
- c) filtering said solution to remove said heavy metal ion precipitate;
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- d) adding to said solution a stabilizing agent in the form of a chelating agent, wherein said chelating agent has the formula:
- ##STR3## wherein R is hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, amino, carboxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, or mixtures thereof;
- n is from 0 to 2;
- thereby forming a stabilized alkaline sodium hypochlorite solution wherein said solution comprises from 0.01% to 10% by weight, of hypochlorite based on the amount of active chlorine.
A process for the manufacture of a stabilized aqueous hypochlorite solution, said process comprising the steps of:
- a) mixing a source of sodium hypochlorite and sodium hydroxide in water to form a solution of sodium hypochlorite having a pH of from 10 to 14;
- b) adding to said sodium hypochlorite solution a precipitating agent, said precipitating agent selected from the group consisting of sodium oxalate, sodium silicate, and mixtures thereof;
- and precipitating one or more heavy metal ions which are present by forming a precipitate thereof;
- c) filtering said solution to remove said heavy metal ion precipitate;
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- d) adding to said solution a stabilizing agent in the form of a chelating agent, wherein said chelating agent has a binding constant, K, wherein:
- i) when said chelating agent binds one atom of heavy metal per molecule of chelating agent, K is greater than 10.sup.5 ;
- ii) when said chelating agent binds two atoms of heavy metal per molecule of chelating agent, K is greater than 10.sup.6 ;
- iii) when said chelating agent binds three atoms of heavy metal per molecule of chelating agent, K is greater than 10.sup.7 ;
- thereby forming a stabilized alkaline sodium hypochlorite solution provided said solution comprises from 0.01% to 10% by weight, of hypochlorite based on the amount of active chlorine.
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