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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1994
Steven E Lentsch, St. Paul, MN (US);
Dale W Groth, Edina, MN (US);
Thomas R Oakes, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Burton M Baum, Mendota Heights, MN (US);
Ecolab Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A method of sanitizing and destaining ware, including silverware includes the steps of applying a sanitizing concentrate composition to silverware at a rate of 100 ppm to 2000 ppm, the sanitizing concentrate composition including from about 1 wt-% to 20 wt-% of peroxycarboxylic acid, from about 10 wt-% to 50 wt-% of carboxylic acid containing a mixture of acetic acid, and octanoic acid, the acetic acid and the octanoic acid present in a ratio ranging from about 10 to 1 to about 1 to 1, respectively, from about 3 wt-% to 35 wt-% of hydrogen peroxide, and a balance of carrier wherein said peroxycarboxylic acid is the reaction product of the acetic acid, octanoic acid, and hydrogen peroxide.