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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1991
Bhupati R Bhattacharyya, deceased, late of Downers Grove, IL (US);
Shu-Jen W Huang, Naperville, IL (US);
Chandrashekar S Shetty, Lisle, IL (US);
Nang T Bui, Aurora, IL (US);
Yvonne O Dunn, Naperville, IL (US);
Nalco Chemical Company, Naperville, IL (US);
Abstract
Oversprayed paint in a paint spray operation is detackified by dosing the water of the waste water system of such operation with a composition comprising an amphoteric polymer and aluminum salts. The amphoteric polymer contains at least about 10 mole percent of cationic mer units of monoethylenically unsaturated monomer and at least 1 mole percent of anionic mer units. The aluminum salt preferred is aluminum sulfate, or its hydrates, for example alum. The amphoteric polymers preferably contain DMAEM, DMAEM.multidot.H.sub.2 SO.sub.4, DMAEM.multidot.MCQ, or mixtures thereof, with acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, AMPS, or mixtures thereof. The amphoteric polymers may also contain neutral monomers such as (meth)acrylamide.