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US 8,012,461 B2Granted
Biofilm remover
AssigneeWireley Corporation Pty Ltd
InventorsReginald Keith Whiteley, Marilyn Emily Karaman
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Abstract
A composition for the removal of biofilms from substrate surfaces formed by reacting: (a) one or more quaternary halide surfactants with (b) a source of reactive bromine ions in the ratio of 1 halide ion forming part of the quaternary surfactant to 0.05 to 8 moles of bromine ions in aqueous solution.
Claims15
A composition for the removal of biofilms from substrate surfaces comprising an aqueous solution of the reaction product of:
- (a) one or more quaternary halide surfactant, said one or more quaternary halide surfactant comprising one or more halide ion, with
- (b) a source of bromine ions, wherein the bromine ions react with the one or more halide ion of the quaternary halide surfactant, and wherein the bromine ions are present in the ratio of 1 halide ion forming part of the quaternary halide surfactant to 0.05 to 8 moles of bromine ions in said aqueous solution.
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