Abstract: Stabilized peroxide-containing compositions stabilized with urea and urea/chelator stabilizer blends are provided. The compositions are particularly suitable for, but not limited to, cleaning applications on surfaces within food and beverage industries which may require the use of materials that are acceptable for incidental food/food products/feed contact. Further, the stabilized compositions are particularly suitable for applications requiring materials that are generally regarded as safe (GRAS) or for applications where non-GRAS materials must be minimized. Methods of stabilizing peroxide-containing compositions and methods of using the compositions are also provided.

Abstract: A polymer may have a molecular mass of less than 8,000 g/mol and a polymolecularity index PI of less than 3, produced by free radical polymerization, in water, and at a temperature higher than 50° C., of at least one anionic monomer comprising at least one polymerizable olefinic unsaturation and at least one carboxylic acid function, in the presence of phosphorus with a degree of oxidation I, phosphorus with a degree of oxidation III and a radical-generating compound. Such polymers may be produced and use for grinding mineral matter, as a detergent agent, or as an anti-scaling agent.

Abstract: Stabilized peroxide-containing compositions stabilized with urea and urea/chelator stabilizer blends are provided. The compositions are particularly suitable for, but not limited to, cleaning applications on surfaces within food and beverage industries which may require the use of materials that are acceptable for incidental food/food products/feed contact. Further, the stabilized compositions are particularly suitable for applications requiring materials that are generally regarded as safe (GRAS) or for applications where non-GRAS materials must be minimized. Methods of stabilizing peroxide-containing compositions and methods of using the compositions are also provided.

Abstract: A composition suitable for cleaning hard surfaces comprising a natural oil solvent and a natural oil thickener is provided.

Abstract: A method for disinfecting and sterilizing an animal tissue material and a corresponding soak solution for an animal tissue. The method includes placing the animal tissue material into an alkaline soak solution containing a metal peroxide and a detergent, and shaking; removing organic components released from microorganisms and animal tissue cells by soaking and washing in a neutral cleaning solution; washing the tissue matrix with a weak acidic cleaning solution; cryopreserving or freeze-drying the tissue matrix in a neutral solution. The soak solution for the animal tissue contains 0.01˜0.2% (w/v) of the metal peroxide and 0.05˜1.0% (w/v) of the detergent. The animal tissue pretreated by the method is advantageous to the preservation and further decellularization treatment of the tissue for manufacture of an intact scaffold material of a tissue matrix.

Abstract: A product for cleaning a surface includes a combination of a first composition with a second composition. The first composition includes hydrogen peroxide and makes up 94-99.5% of the combination by weight. The second composition includes at least one of a silicate, a carbonate, a bicarbonate and a percarbonate and makes up 0.5-6% of the combination by weight. The first composition and the second composition are stored in separate vessels until combined to form the combination. The combination is applied to the surface after mixing.

Abstract: A biological decontamination gel is provided, consisting of a colloidal solution comprising 5% to 30% by mass, preferably 5% to 25% by mass, still more preferably 8% to 20% by mass based on the mass of the gel, of at least one inorganic viscosifying agent; an active biological decontamination agent consisting of the combination of a mineral base selected from hydroxides of alkaline metals, hydroxides of earth alkaline metals, and mixtures thereof, and of an oxidizing agent stable in a basic medium selected from permanganates, persulfates, ozone, hypochlorites, and mixtures thereof; the mineral base being present in an amount from 0.05 to 10 mol/L of gel, preferably in an amount from 0.1 to 5 mol/L of gel, and the oxidizing agent stable in a basic medium being present in an amount from 0.05 to 5 mol/L of gel, preferably from 0.1 to 2 mol/L of gel; optionally 0.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a cleaning composition that contains 1) HF; 2) substituted or unsubstituted boric acid; 3) ammonium sulfate; 4) at least one metal corrosion inhibitor; 5) water; and 6) optionally, at least one pH adjusting agent, the pH adjusting agent being a base free of a metal ion. This disclosure also relates to a method of using the above composition for cleaning a semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: A method for cleaning an outdoor surface includes combining a first composition from a first vessel with a second composition from a second vessel. The first composition includes hydrogen peroxide and makes up 94-99.5% of the combination by weight. The second composition including at least one of a silicate, a carbonate, a bicarbonate and a percarbonate and makes up 0.5-6% of the combination by weight. The method further includes mixing the first composition with the second composition. The method further includes applying the combination to the outdoor surface within twenty four hours after mixing. The method further includes contacting the outdoor surface with the combination for at least five minutes. The method further includes rinsing the combination off of the outdoor surface.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to benefit agent delivery particles containing at least one benefit agent and at least one cellulosic polymer. The disclosure further relates to compositions containing benefit agent delivery particles and processes for making and using such compositions. The disclosure further relates to methods of imparting a benefit delivery capability to a cleaning composition.

Abstract: A low odor, liquid disinfectant composition comprising multiple components, which, upon mixing, provide an aqueous solution comprising low levels of peracetic acid for use in decontaminating articles and surfaces contaminated with bacteria, viruses, fungi and other biological contaminants such as spores, including, but not limited to, Clostridium difficile (C.diff). The disinfectant composition is prepared just prior to use by combining two or more separately packaged components.

Abstract: A low odor, liquid disinfectant composition comprising multiple components, which, upon mixing, provide an aqueous solution comprising low levels of peracetic acid for use in decontaminating articles and surfaces contaminated with bacteria, viruses, fungi and other chemical and biological contaminants including, but not limited to, spores, such as Clostridium difficile (C. diff), Clostridium sporogenes, and anthrax, mouse parvo virus, and mustard, nerve and other chemical and biological warfare agents. The disinfectant composition is prepared just prior to use by combining two or more separately packaged components, one component which is an acetyl donor comprising TAED or DAMA, and the other component which is a hydrogen peroxide solution.

Abstract: A chemical solution for use in cleaning a patterned substrate includes water, from approximate 0.01 to 99.98 percent by weight; hydrogen peroxide, from 0 to 30 percent by weight; a pH buffering agent, from approximate 0.01 to 50 percent by weight; a metal chelating agent, from approximate 0 to 10 percent by weight; and a compound for lowering a surface tension of the combination of water, hydrogen peroxide, pH buffering agent, and metal chelating agent. Examples of the compound include an organic solvent, from approximate 0 to 95 percent by weight, or a non-ionic surfactant agent, from approximate 0 to 2 percent by weight.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of manganese oxalates in detergents and cleaning agents, in particular in cleaning agents containing peroxy compounds for hard surfaces.

Abstract: A drain cleaner may be used on a periodic basis to clean soil residues from residential and commercial waste drains. The drain cleaner may chemically self-foam to fill a waste drain with the foam. For example, the drain cleaner may be provided in two or more parts that are physically intermixed during use of the drain cleaner. One part may include hydrogen peroxide and water while another part may include a catalase, an amylase, a protease, and an enzyme stabilizer. The drain cleaner may also include a surfactant present in at least one of the first part and the second part. Additionally, in some examples, the drain cleaner includes a sanitizing agent present in either of the two parts or in yet a third physically separate part. During use, the different drain cleaner parts can be dispensed simultaneously into a drain to generate a cleaning and/or sanitizing foam in-situ.

Abstract: The invention relates to polymer-micelle complex. The polymer-micelle complexes include a positively charged micelle selected from the group consisting of a monomeric quaternary ammonium compound, a monomeric biguanide compound, and mixtures thereof. The positively charged micelle is electrostatically bound to a water-soluble polymer bearing a negative charge. The polymer does not comprise block copolymer, latex particles, polymer nanoparticles, cross-linked polymers, silicone copolymer, fluorosurfactant, or amphoteric copolymer. The compositions do not form a coacervate, and do not form a film when applied to a surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer-micelle complex. The polymer-micelle complexes include a negatively charged micelle that is electrostatically bound to a water-soluble polymer bearing a positive charge. The polymer does not comprise block copolymer, latex particles, polymer nanoparticles, cross-linked polymers, silicone copolymer, fluorosurfactant, or amphoteric copolymer. The compositions do not form a coacervate, and do not form a film when applied to a surface.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions comprising a solubilizing agent for the removal of burnt-on, cooked-on, baked-on, dried-on and charred organic food and oil residues from surfaces comprising alcohol, a coupling agent, water, an anti-deposition agent, a pH buffer and a surfactant system that preferably includes a fermentation supernatant, where the supernatant contains essentially stress proteins. Further enclosed are methods of cleaning for ovens, industrial cooking equipment and the like.

Abstract: A drain cleaner may be used on a periodic basis to clean soil residues from residential and commercial waste drains. The drain cleaner may chemically self-foam to fill a waste drain with the foam. For example, the drain cleaner may be provided in two or more parts that are physically intermixed during use of the drain cleaner. One part may include hydrogen peroxide and water while another part may include a catalase, an amylase, a protease, and an enzyme stabilizer. The drain cleaner may also include a surfactant present in at least one of the first part and the second part. Additionally, in some examples, the drain cleaner includes a sanitizing agent present in either of the two parts or in yet a third physically separate part. During use, the different drain cleaner parts can be dispensed simultaneously into a drain to generate a cleaning and/or sanitizing foam in-situ.

Abstract: An automatic dishwashing detergent composition comprising: a) an alkoxylated polyalkyleneimine said alkoxylated polyalkyleneimine comprising a polyalkyleneimine backbone, alkoxy chains and quaternization groups wherein the alkoxylated polyalkyleneimine has a degree of quaternization of at least 5% and wherein: i) the polyalkyleneimine backbone represents from 0.5% to 40% by weight of the alkoxylated polyalkyleneimine; ii) the alkoxy chains represent from 60% to 99% by weight of the alkoxylated polyalkyleneimine; and b) a bleach system comprising bleach and optionally a bleach enhancer.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a stabilized hydrogen peroxide solution containing stabilizers that maintain relatively high hydrogen peroxide stability in both concentrated form and when formulated into a cleaning solution that has a pH above 6 and contains components that normally would have a destabilizing effect on the hydrogen peroxide. The stabilizers include a first cyclic amino methane diphosphonic acid compound stabilizer in combination with a second phosphonic acid based stabilizer (different from the cyclic amino methane diphosphonic acid compound), wherein the weight ratio of the first stabilizer to the second stabilizer is at least about 2:1.

Abstract: A description is given of compositions comprising a) one or more substances selected from the group consisting of hydrogen peroxide and hydrogen peroxide donor substances, b) water, c) one or more polymers having thickening properties and d) one or more substances selected from the group consisting of hydroxypyridones and salts thereof. The compositions are notable more particularly for their advantageous shelf lives.

Abstract: Non-flammable, VOC-free organosilane quaternary ammonium compositions are provided in the form of pure or substantially pure water-soluble products that have bactericidal, fungicidal and viricidal activity and which are capable of bonding to various surfaces to form durable hydrophobic coatings. The resulting compositions are free of unreacted chloropropyltrialkoxysilanes, alkylamines and organic solvents that would otherwise provide flammable, corrosive, and/or toxic properties thereby inhibiting their safe and effective use in surface care, personal care and coating products.

Abstract: The present invention concerns bleaching of substrates with an aqueous solution of a water soluble salt of a preformed transition metal catalyst together with hydrogen peroxide.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a non-foaming detergent, including a sodium alginate, an amylum, a sodium silicate, a citric acid, a sodium citrate, a sea salt, a sodium peroxyborate, a TAED and a borax. Herein, the non-foaming detergent further includes a sodium bicarbonate and a soapnut saponin. The preparation method of the non-foaming detergent comprises the following steps: mixing a sodium silicate and a sodium peroxyborate under stirring, mixing a soapnut saponin, a sodium alginate, an amylum, a sodium citrate, a sea salt, a sodium bicarbonate, a TAED and a borax under stirring, mixing such two mixtures, adding a citric acid therein and further mixing to obtain the non-foaming detergent. In the present invention, the prepared detergent has good solubility, strong activity at low temperature, high washing power and thorough detergency. Besides, the detergent is non-foaming and non-flavoring and the exhaust water during washing can be bio-degraded effectively.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cleaning solution composition for a solar cell, comprising: organic alkali compounds, water-soluble glycol ether compounds, percarbonates, organic phosphoric acids or salts thereof, and water.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid cleaning and disinfecting composition and, in one embodiment, a liquid cleaning and disinfecting liquid hand dishwashing composition, comprising an alkyl or substituted alkyl branched alkyl chain amine oxide. The present invention further relates to methods of disinfecting dishware and/or dishwashing implements and/or skin using such a liquid detergent compositions.

Abstract: A composition which is effective in removing a wide variety of contaminants, such as organic compounds, from a wide variety of environments, such as printing systems, is provided. A process of preparing such composition includes contacting hydrogen peroxide, glycolic acid, and water. The process can additionally include contacting with one or more additional components such as isopropyl alcohol.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of selected metal complex compounds and ligands as oxidation catalysts as well as to a process for removing stains and soil on textiles and hard surfaces. The metal complex compounds have hydrazide ligands, preferably with electron withdrawing groups in the phenyl ring adjacent to the acyl group. Further aspects of the invention are formulations comprising such metal complex compounds, novel metal complex compounds and novel ligands.

Abstract: The present invention is directed towards cleaning composition and/or formulations of commercial cleaning products containing beneficial metallocarbene activators for peroxygen species. The cleaning compositions and/or formulations include a bleaching component comprising a peroxy compound and one or more activators present in an effective amount to activate the peroxy compound to accomplish bleaching or cleaning or oxidation. The activator is a metallocarbene of the general structure (XX?C)yMLn? where M represents a metal center, C represents the carbene carbon bound to the metal center, X and X? may be the same or different and may furthermore be part of a cyclic structure, Ln? represents one or more other ligands which may or may not include one or more metal centers, and where y greater than equal to I.

Abstract: An aqueous solution of a water soluble salt of a preformed transition metal catalyst together with hydrogen peroxide is disclosed. The composition is useful in bleaching a variety of substrates.

Abstract: A method of cleaning equipment such as heat exchangers, evaporators, tanks and other industrial equipment using clean-in-place procedures and a pre-treatment solution prior to the conventional CIP cleaning process. The pre-treatment step improves the degree of softening of the soil, and thus facilitates its removal. The pre-treatment solution can be a strong acidic solution, a strong alkaline solution, or comprise a penetrant. A preferred strong acidic solution is an acid peroxide solution. In some embodiments, the pre-treatment may include no strong alkali or acid ingredient; rather, the penetrant provides acceptable levels of pre-treatment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition including an active material having groups capable of covalent attachment to a substrate in the presence of an acid or a base, a photocatalyst capable of generating an acid or a base upon exposure to light, and a vehicle. The active is a silicone polymer and/or a silicone oligomer, having a molecular weight higher than 1,000 grams/mole, and at least one organic functional group. The compositions may also include surfactants, emulsifiers, oxidants, and other components. A method for treating a substrate is also disclosed. The compositions and methods described herein are useful in personal care product and consumer care product applications.

Abstract: An alkaline liquid hand dish washing detergent composition to provide superior stain removal and superior stability during storage and use.

Abstract: One exemplary embodiment can be a process for removing one or more scale deposits formed on a surface. The process can include contacting the surface with a composition for a period of time sufficient to remove the scale deposits that comprise coke or metal sulfides or mixtures thereof. Generally, the composition includes an effective amount of an organic acid and/or a salt thereof, and an effective amount of an oxidizing agent.

Abstract: The invention is an aqueous formulation containing a peroxy component, a peroxide stabilizer comprising a quaternary alkylamino pyridyl compound, and a bleaching catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention is an auxiliary washing aid comprising a textile substrate coated or otherwise impregnated with a composition comprising elementary silver and/or a silver compound, non-neutralized fatty acid, and hydrogen peroxide.

Abstract: Phosphonate-containing liquid washing or cleaning agent exhibiting advantageous proteolytic activity and improved storage stability comprising a protease having an amino acid sequence which is at least 80% identical to the amino acid sequence stated in SEQ ID NO. 1 and which comprises in position 99 in the numbering according to SEQ ID NO. 1 the amino acid glutamic acid (E) or aspartic acid (D) or the amino acid asparagine (N) or glutamine (Q) or the amino acid alanine (A) or glycine (G) or serine (S).

Abstract: A composition which is effective in removing a wide variety of contaminants, such as organic compounds, from a wide variety of environments, such as printing systems, is provided. A process of preparing such composition includes contacting hydrogen peroxide, glycolic acid, and water. The process can additionally include contacting with one or more additional components such as isopropyl alcohol.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid cleaning composition comprising a peroxygen bleach, a sulfonated anionic surfactant and an amphoteric/zwitterionic surfactant where the sulfonated anionic surfactant and the amphoteric/zwitterionic surfactants are in a ratio of from 0.1:1 to 13:1. The combination of the sulfonated anionic surfactant and the amphoteric/zwitterionic surfactants provides for high viscosities and improved cleaning performance.

Abstract: A stable, liquid bleach composition is disclosed. The composition comprises a peroxide-based bleaching agent, water, a metal catalyst, and a polyol. The polyol is a secondary solvent that promote peroxide stability in the presence of a catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel sulfoperoxycarboxylic acid compounds, and methods for making and using them. The sulfoperoxycarboxylic compounds of the invention are storage stable, water soluble and have low to no odor. Further, the compounds of the present invention can be formed from non-petroleum based renewable materials. The compounds of the present invention can be used as antimicrobials, and bleaching agents. The compounds of the present invention are also suitable for use as coupling agents.

Abstract: A method of cleaning equipment such as heat exchangers, evaporators, tanks and other industrial equipment using clean-in-place procedures and a pre-treatment solution prior to the conventional CIP cleaning process. The pre-treatment step improves the degree of softening of the soil, and thus facilitates its removal. The pre-treatment solution can be a strong acidic solution, a strong alkaline solution, or comprise a penetrant. A preferred strong acidic solution is an acid peroxide solution. In some embodiments, the pre-treatment may include no strong alkali or acid ingredient; rather, the penetrant provides acceptable levels of pre-treatment.

Abstract: A microbicidal and decontaminant composition comprising an aqueous solution of peroxides and peracids having equilibrium reaction products, a photoreactive surfactant, and a polymer, wherein said polymer interacts with said peroxides and said peracids.

Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous, fluid washing or cleaning agent comprising bleaching agent, comprising hydrogen peroxide and nonionic surfactant in the form of an alkoxylated alcohol and anionic surfactant, wherein the weight ratio of alkoxylated alcohol to anionic surfactant is in the range from 1:1 to 5:1, in particular 2:1 to 4:1, and the agent comprises a paraffin hydrocarbon.

Abstract: The present invention is drawn to disinfectant systems and methods which can be used to produce a disinfectant solution. The system can include a first liquid composition and a second liquid composition. The first liquid composition comprises from 0.0005 ppm to 100,000 ppm by weight of a transition metal or alloy and an alcohol, and the second liquid composition comprises water and a peroxygen compound. The first and second liquid compositions are formulated to be combined so as to yield a resultant disinfectant solution. The disinfectant solution can be used to disinfect a variety of surfaces and even liquid compositions.

Abstract: The present invention is drawn to disinfectant or sterilant compositions, which are human safe, e.g., food grade or food safe. In one embodiment, an aqueous disinfectant or sterilant composition can comprise an aqueous vehicle, including water, from 0.001 wt % to 50 wt % of a peracid, and from 0.001 wt % to 25 wt % of a peroxide. Additionally, from 0.001 ppm to 50,000 ppm by weight of a transition metal based on the aqueous vehicle content can also be present. The composition can be substantially free of aldehydes. Alternatively or additionally, the transition metal can be in the form of a colloidal transition metal.

Abstract: Liquid compositions, which are chemically and physically stable, comprising peroxygen bleach, a crystalline hydroxyl-containing stabilizing agent, perfume microcapsules and more than 10% of surfactant by weight of the total composition. The perfumes microcapsules, preferably, comprise a polymeric outer shell made of the condensation of melamine and formaldehyde. Process for laundering fabrics comprising the step of contacting the fabrics with said bleaching compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of metal complex compounds with terpyridine ligands as oxidation catalysts. The present invention relates also to formulations comprising such metal complex compounds, to novel metal complex compounds, and to novel ligands. The metal complex compounds are used especially tor improving the action of peroxides, for example in the treatment of textile material, without at the same time causing any appreciable damage to fibres and dyeings.

Abstract: A reduced weight decontamination formulation that utilizes a solid peracid compound (sodium borate peracetate) and a cationic surfactant (dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride) that can be packaged with all water removed. This reduces the packaged weight of the decontamination formulation by ˜80% (as compared to the “all-liquid” DF-200 formulation) and significantly lowers the logistics burden on the warfighter. Water (freshwater or saltwater) is added to the new decontamination formulation at the time of use from a local source.