Oxygenizing systems useful for cleaning purposes

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR REMOVING CONTAMINANTS CONSISTING OF FILMS AND DEPOSITS FORMED IN CHEMICAL PROCESSING EQUIPMENT DURING POLYMERIZATION REACTIONS EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ORGANIC POLYMERS, COMPRISING CONTACTING THE SURFACE OF THE EQUIPMENT TO BE CLEANED WITH A MIXTURE COMPRISING (1) AN ORGANIC HYDROPEROXIDE OF THE FORMULA RCOOH WHEREIN R IS AN ALKYL, ARYL OR ARYLALKYL RADICAL; (2) A METALLIC DECOMPOSITION CATALYST SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SALTS AND COMPLEXES OF IRON, VANDADIUM OR CHROMIUM; AND (3) A SUBSTANTIALLY INERT ORGANIC SOLVENT HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY SOLUBILITY FOR SAID ORGANIC HYDROPEROXIDE AND SAID METALLIC DECOMPOSITION CATALYST, SAID ORGANIC HYDROPEROXIDE CONSISTUTING AT LEAST ABOUT 3% BY WEIGHT OF THE MIXTURE OF SAID ORGANIC SOLVENT, METALLIC DECOMPOSITION CATALYST, AND ORGANIC HYDROPEROXIDE, AND SAID METALLIC DECOMPOSITION CATALYST CONSTITUTING AT LEAST ABOUT 0.025% BY WEIGHT OF SAID MIXTURE, AND HEATING THE MIXTURE UNTIL SAID CONTAMINANTS HAVE BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY DISSOLVED.