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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2009
Ann Wehner, Hockessin, DE (US);
Gyorgyi Fenyvesi, Wilmington, DE (US);
Robert Miller, Wilmington, DE (US);
Joseph W. Desalvo, Lafayette Hill, PA (US);
Melissa Joerger, Newark, DE (US);
Ann Wehner, Hockessin, DE (US);
Gyorgyi Fenyvesi, Wilmington, DE (US);
Robert Miller, Wilmington, DE (US);
Joseph W. DeSalvo, Lafayette Hill, PA (US);
Melissa Joerger, Newark, DE (US);
DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products Company, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are deicing and anti-icing compositions comprising 1,3-propanediol, wherein the 1,3-propanediol in said deicing or anti-icing composition has a bio-based carbon content of about 1% to 100%. In addition, it is preferred that the 1,3-propanediol be biologically-derived, and wherein upon biodegradation, the biologically-derived 1,3-propanediol contributes no anthropogenic COemissions to the atmosphere.