Kao Corporation

Nippon Oil Company

Kazuo Isobe

Ryoichi Tamaki

Takashi Imamura

Keiichiro Tomioka

Hideyo Nishikawa

Toshikazu Azuma

Takao Taniguchi

Tadakazu Yamashita

Masanori Iizuka

Shinichi Satake

Sayuri Tamaki

Tetsuaki Fukushima

Uichiro Nishimoto

Tetsuya Okano

Wataru Yoshida

Yuji Okauchi

Shinya Iwasaki

Tatsuya Sakai

Masaya Nishio

Eiko Ishizuka

The present invention discloses the method for cleaning a medical instrument using a treatment liquid, wherein the treatment liquid contains:

Method for cleaning medical instrument

A drug and a composition for inhibiting biofilm formation are provided. A biofilm formation inhibitor composition containing the following component (A): (A) at least one or more selected from compounds represented by Formula (1) to Formula (4): wherein Rto Reach represent an alkyl group or the like; EO represents an ethyleneoxy group; p represents an integer from 0 to 5; and m+n represents a number from 0 to 30, or a salt thereof; and (B) a surfactant.

Biofilm formation inhibitor composition

A biofilm-removing agent which effectively removes biofilms is provided. A biofilm-removing agent containing a basic amino acid derivative represented by the following formula (1) or a salt thereof: (wherein Rrepresents a linear- or branched-alkyl group having 4 to 18 carbon atoms or a linear- or branched-alkenyl group having 4 to 18 carbon atoms; X and Y each represent a group selected from the groups represented by the following formulas: and m represents an integer from 1 to 5).

Biofilm-removing agent

Polyamine

The present invention provides an additive for asphalt which causes an improvement in anti-stripping effect of asphalt from aggregates, and exhibits the effect quickly. That is, the present invention provides an asphalt-additive composition comprising (A) a specific acidic phosphoric acid compound, and (B) at least one member selected from the group consisting of mineral oil, alcohol having 8 to 18 carbon atoms, carboxylic acid having 8 to 18 carbon atoms and triglyceride thereof; with the proviso that the amount of the (B) component is 25-400 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the (A) component.

Asphalt-additive composition

The present invention provides an oil-in-water asphalt emulsion having excellent stability in a stationary state. That is, the present invention provides a method for emulsifying an asphalt in water, which comprises the step of mixing the asphalt and water with an emulsifier comprising a nonionic compound (1) having the formula (1):

Nonionic emulsifier for asphalt

The present invention provides an asphalt composition comprising an asphalt and antistripping additive comprising at least one of the compound having the formula (I), (II) or (III):

Asphalt additive

The present invention relates to a detergent composition which comprises (A) an amidoether derivative mixture (A) comprising an amidoether carboxylic acid or a salt thereof, an amidoether, and a glycerin derivative; and (B) a conditioning component, wherein the total amount of the amidoether carboxylic acid or a salt thereof and the amidoether is 50 wt % or more; the weight ratio of the amidoether carboxylic acid or a salt thereof to the amidoether is from 99:1 to 10:90; and the amount of the glycerin derivative is 5 wt % or less.

Detergent composition comprising an amidoether derivative mixture and a

Detergent composition comprising an amide-ether derivative mixture and

A detergent composition, comprising (A) an amide-ether derivative mixture comprising an amide-ether carboxylic acid or a salt thereof (1) and an amide-ether (2) in a weight ratio (1)/(2) of 99:1 to 10:90 in a proportion of at least 50 wt. % in total based on solids in the component (A), and containing glycerol derivatives (3) in a proportion not higher than 5 wt. % of the solids, and (B) a specific anionic surfactant such as a polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether sulfosuccinate (salt) or .alpha.-olefinsulfonic acid (salt). ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a C.sub.5-23 alkyl or alkenyl group, or a phenyl group substituted by such an alkyl group, R.sup.2 is H, --(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.n CH.sub.2 COOM, --(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.m H or C.sub.1-3 alkyl group, M is a cation such as H or alkali metal, n and m are independently a number of 1-20, R.sup.3 is H, --(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.m H or C.sub.1-3 alkyl group, and R.sup.4 is H, --(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.n CH.sub.2 COOM or --(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.m H. The composition has low irritativeness and high foamability, and produce creamy foams.

A heavy oil emulsion fuel composition which contains heavy oils, such as bitumen and asphalt, wherein the heavy oil emulsion fuel composition can be used as a substitute fuel for heavy fuel oils, and has an enhanced combustion efficiency to thereby reduce the content of soot, dust and nitrogen oxides after combustion, which comprises (a) 40 to 85% by weight of a heavy oil, (b) 10 to 40% by weight of water, (c) 0.1 to 5% by weight of a surfactant and (d) at least 0.1% by weight of at least one component selected from the group consisting of water-soluble compounds having in its molecule two or more hydroxyl groups, monohydric alcohols having 6 or more carbon atoms, and mixtures thereof.

Heavy oil emulsion fuel composition

An oil-in-water type heavy oil emulsion fuel having a specific and broad particle size distribution which has a viscosity close to that of water, can be sufficiently atomized at a temperature of room temperature to 90.degree. C., is excellent in the handleability and fluidity, despite a very high heavy oil concentration, and has a very excellent stability such that neither precipitation nor increase in the viscosity occurs even after storage for a long period of time is prepared according to the present invention. Oil-in-water type heavy oil emulsion fuel according to the present invention can be used as a substitute fuel for heavy fuel oil without modification of the boilers. Further, the combustion efficiency of the heavy oil emulsion fuel according to the present invention is high and it is possible to reduce the amount of nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides after combustion.

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Wakayama, Japan

Kazuo Isobe