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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2001
Murray A. Ruggiero, East Haven, CT (US);
Bruce A. Marien, Woodbridge, CT (US);
Shoaib Arif, Dublin, OH (US);
Robert P. Roth, Cheshire, CT (US);
Joseph T. Farrell, Brandenburg, KY (US);
Arthur Ray Vanover, Brandenburg, KY (US);
Arch Chemicals, Inc., Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a cleaning composition comprising: (a) at least one additive selected from the group consisting of detergents, corrosion inhibitors, organic and aqueous carriers, and combinations thereof, (b) a wetting/cleaning agent selected from the group consisting of piperazine-substituted organosulfonates, piperazinone-substituted organosulfonates, and combinations thereof, and (c) a surfactant selected from the group consisting of alcohol alkoxylates, organic and inorganic salts of polycarboxylated alcohol alkoxylates, and combinations thereof. Also disclosed is an adhesive composition containing the above wetting agent, as well as a method of cleaning a substrate and a method of enhancing adhesion to a substrate using the above wetting agent.