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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1992
Klaus Kuhnke, Erlangen, DE;
Alexander Langner, Leipzig, DE;
Klaus Pflugbeil, Leipzig, DE;
Kurt Schindler, Leipzig, DE;
Dorothea Moldenhauer, Tharandt, DE;
Siegfried Kohler, Leipzig, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method for cleaning a vessel by dissolving iron oxide present in the vessel includes introducing a saline solution into the vessel, the saline solution being formed of an acid acting as a complexing agent, of an alkalizing agent and of a reducing agent, the saline solution acting as an alkaline reducer; retaining the saline solution in the vessel for a given period of time at a temperature above 140.degree. C. and below the decomposition temperature of the anionic part of the saline solution for forming an iron complex; and subsequently removing the dissolved iron complex by emptying the vessel.