Method for the preparation of aqueous solutions containing performic acid as well as their use
AssigneeKemira Chemicals, Inc.
InventorsTapio Mattila, deceased, Reijo Aksela
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Abstract
The method for the preparation of aqueous solutions containing performic acid formed by reaction of formic acid and hydrogen peroxide n the presence of a catalyst, the catalyst being a compound containing at least one ester group and/or group (a) differing from a carboxylic acid group and an alcoholic group, preferably a carboxylic acid ester, and aqueous solutions containing performic acid, formic acid, hydrogen peroxide, and a compound containing at least one ester group and/or group (a) differing from a carboxylic acid group, and the use of such solutions.
Claims7
A method for the preparation of aqueous solutions comprising performic acid formed by reaction of formic acid and hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the catalyst is a compound containing at least one ester group.
A method for sterilization, sanitization and disinfection purposes, comprising applying to a solid surface an aqueous solution comprising performic acid, formic acid, hydrogen peroxide and a compound containing at least one ester group in catalytic amounts as a stabilizer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.