Disinfectant composition

Abstract

Abstract AN IODINE-PHENOL DISINFECTANT COMPOSITION OF ENHANCED STABILITY IN BOTH CONCENTRATE AND AQUEOUS USE DILUTION FORM, SAID COMPOSITION CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF 1 TO 10% OF A GERMICIDAL PHENOLIC COMPOUND IN WHICH AT LEAST TWO, AND PREFERABLY THREE, OF THE 2, 4 AND 6 POSITIONS HAVE SUBSTITUENTS SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF HALOGEN, NITRO, PHENYL, HALOGENATED PHENYL, BENZYL, HALOGENATED BENZYL AND HALOGENATED HYDROXY BENZYL GROUPS, AND NOT MORE THAN ONE C1 TO C6 ALKYL OR C3 TO C6 CYCLOALIPHATIC GROUP, AND IN WHICH SUBSTITUENTS NOT OTHERWISE ACCOUNTED FOR ARE SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF HYDROGEN, HALOGEN AND NOT MORE THAN ONE ADDITIONAL ALKYL GROUP, 2.5 TO 35% OF AN IONIC DETERGENT PROVIDING ABOUT 1 TO 10 PARTS PER PART BY WEIGHT OF PHENOLIC, AN AMOUNT OF IODINE WITHIN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 0.25% TO 5% BY WEIGHT WITH THE LIMITATION THAT THE AMOUNT OF IODINE DOES NOT EXCEED THE WEIGHT OF PHENOLIC COMPOUND, AN ACID, OPTIONAL WITH A TRISUBSTITUTED PHENOL AND ESSENTIAL WITH A DISUBSTITUTED PHENOL, IN AN AMOUNT NOT EXCEEDING ABOUT 40% BY WEIGHT, AND A DILUENT SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF SOLID DILUENTS, AQUEOUS ALCOHOLIC DILUENTS PROVIDING NOT MORE THAN 25% ALCOHOL AND AN AMOUNT OF WATER IN EXCESS OF THE ALCOHOL PRESENT, AND WATER, IF THE ONLY DILUENT, COMPRISING AT LEAST 10% BY WEIGHT OF SAID COMPOSITION.

Inventors

• 👤 A Cantor
• 👤 M Winicov

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