Patent number: 9725643
Abstract: The present invention relates to a foam containing water, between 5 and 30 wt % on total weight of the foam of a chelating agent selected from the group of glutamic aid N,N-diacetic acid or a salt thereof (GLDA), aspartic acid N,N-diacetic acid or a salt thereof (ASDA), methylglycine N,N-diacetic acid or a salt thereof (MGDA), N-hydroxyethyl ethylenediamine-N,N?,N?-triacetic acid or a salt thereof (HEDTA), a foaming agent, and at least 25 vol % on total volume of the foam of a gas, and having a pH of between 2 and 5, to a viscosified composition containing water, between 5 and 30 wt % on total volume of the composition of a chelating agent selected from the group of glutamic aid N,N-diacetic acid or a salt thereof (GLDA), aspartic acid N,N-diacetic acid or a salt thereof (ASDA), methylglycine N,N-diacetic acid or a salt thereof (MGDA), N-hydroxyethyl ethylenediamine-N,N?,N?-triacetic acid or a salt thereof (HEDTA), and at least 0.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 24, 2013
Date of Patent:
August 8, 2017
Assignee:
AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL, B.V.
Inventors:
Cornelia Adriana De Wolf, Hisham Nasr-El-Din, Edwin Rudolf Antony Bang, Guanqun Wang, Josef Johannes Maria Baltussen, Conrardus Hubertus Joseph Theeuwen, Boen Ho O, Marcel Cornelis Paulus Van Eijk