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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1997
Alfredo Vinci, Trenton, NJ (US);
Steven A Bolkan, Hopewell, NJ (US);
Paul E DeCastro, Morrisville, PA (US);
Lisa M Kurschner, Hamilton Square, NJ (US);
Church & Dwight Co., Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
An alkaline, aqueous metal-cleaning composition capable of effectively removing industrial-type soil contaminants from a metal surface at temperatures as low as ambient temperature and in the absence of substantial agitation contains (A) an active-ingredient portion containing (1) an alkalinity-providing component, and (2) a surfactant mixture containing: (a) at least one first non-ionic, ethoxylated linear primary alcohol surfactant having a hydrophobic carbon chain length of from 9 to 11 carbon atoms and being ethoxylated with (i) an average of 2.5 moles of ethylene oxide or (ii) an average of 5.0 moles of ethylene oxide; and (b) at least one second non-ionic, ethoxylated linear primary alcohol surfactant having a hydrophobic carbon chain length of from 9 to 11 carbon atoms and being ethoxylated with an average of 6.0 moles of ethylene oxide; and (B) an aqueous portion.