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Microemulsion-based acid composition and its uses, particularly for cleaning operations
Assignee: Societe National Elf Aquitaine
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Filing: 1984-03-21
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Granted: 1985-09-10
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Expires: 2004-03-21
Abstract
Abstract Composition comprising a hydrophobic liquid, an aqueous acid solution, a surfactant agent and a cosurfactant, a microemulsion being formed between the hydrophobic liquid and the aqueous solution; the surfactant comprises one or more surface-active phosphoric esters. Applications to the cleaning of greasy surfaces, scouring, passivation and phosphatizing, such operation being effected, if desired, in a single step without preliminary degreasing.
Inventors
- 👤 Jean C. Gautier
- 👤 Jacques Kamornicki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 20:21
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09K; C09K23/00; C09K23/14; C11; C11D; C11D17/00; C11D17/0008; C11D17/0017; C11D17/0021; C23; C23C; C23C22/00; C23G; C23G5/00; C23G5/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
104 words
A microemulsion capable of simultaneously degreasing and scouring a metal substrate comprising, by weight, 18-45% of aqueous acid, 30-65% of liquid hydrocarbon or chlorocarbon, 4-23% of a 4 to 12 carbon atom mono- or dihydric alcohol and 4-28% of one or a mixture of phosphoric acid esters of the formula ##STR5## in which M is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, sodium, potassium, ammonium, alkaline earth metal and zinc, M' is M or RO[(CH 2 ) n O] m --, wherein each individual R is phenyl or alkenyl of 1-30 carbon atoms, each individual n is 1-6 and each individual m is 2-15.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
104 words
A microemulsion capable of simultaneously degreasing and scouring a metal substrate comprising, by weight, 18-45% of aqueous acid, 30-65% of liquid hydrocarbon or chlorocarbon, 4-23% of a 4 to 12 carbon atom mono- or dihydric alcohol and 4-28% of one or a mixture of phosphoric acid esters of the formula ##STR5## in which M is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, sodium, potassium, ammonium, alkaline earth metal and zinc, M' is M or RO[(CH 2 ) n O] m --, wherein each individual R is phenyl or alkenyl of 1-30 carbon atoms, each individual n is 1-6 and each individual m is 2-15.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The microemulsion of claim 1, wherein each R has 6-18 carbon atoms, each n is 2-4 and each m is 3-10.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
The microemulsion of claim 2, wherein the acid is hydrochloric acid or phosphoric acid and M' is M.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
The microemulsion of claim 2 in which the acid is hydrochloric acid or phosphoric acid, and M' is RO[(CH 2 ) n O] m --.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
12 words
The microemulsion of claim 2 containing a mixture of said phosphoric esters.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
125 words
A method of simultaneously degreasing and scouring a metal substrate comprising contacting the substrate with a microemulsion, separating the substrate and the microemulsion and rinsing the substrate with water, wherein the microemulsion contains, by weight, 18-45% aqueous acid, 30-65% liquid hydrocarbon or chlorocarbon, 4-23% of a 4 to 12 carbon atom mono- or dihydric alcohol and 4-28% of one or a mixture of phosphoric acid esters of the formula ##STR6## in which M is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, sodium, potassium, ammonium, alkaline earth metal and zinc, M' is M or RO[(CH 2 ) n O] m --, each individual R is alkyl or alkenyl of 1-30 carbon atoms, phenyl or alkylphenyl, each individual n is 1-6 and each individual m is 2-15.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
125 words
A method of simultaneously degreasing and scouring a metal substrate comprising contacting the substrate with a microemulsion, separating the substrate and the microemulsion and rinsing the substrate with water, wherein the microemulsion contains, by weight, 18-45% aqueous acid, 30-65% liquid hydrocarbon or chlorocarbon, 4-23% of a 4 to 12 carbon atom mono- or dihydric alcohol and 4-28% of one or a mixture of phosphoric acid esters of the formula ##STR6## in which M is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, sodium, potassium, ammonium, alkaline earth metal and zinc, M' is M or RO[(CH 2 ) n O] m --, each individual R is alkyl or alkenyl of 1-30 carbon atoms, phenyl or alkylphenyl, each individual n is 1-6 and each individual m is 2-15.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of of claim 6, wherein each R has 6-18 carbon atoms, each n is 2-4 and each m is 3-10.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
9 words
The method of claim 6, wherein M' is M.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 8, wherein the microemulsion contains 18-30% of aqueous hydrochloric acid, 30-47% of hydrocarbon or chlorocarbon, 5-23% of 4-12 carbon atom alcohol and 13-28% of said phosphoric esters.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
62 words
The method of claim 9, in which the metal substrate is a ferrous metal which is phosphatized simultaneously the degreasing and scouring, the microemulsion containing 20-45% of aqueous 20-85% phosphoric acid, 35-65% of hydrocarbon or chlorocarbon, 4-33% of 4-12 carbon atom alcohol and 4-13% of said phosphoric esters, the weight ratio of the aqueous acid to the hydrocarbon or chlorocarbon being 0.5-1.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of of claim 10, wherein the R moieties are derived from coprah fatty acids.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 9, in which the R groups are derived from coprah fatty acids.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 8, in which M' is RO[(CH 2 ) n O] m --.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of claim 13, in which the microemulsion contains 18-30% of aqueous hydrochloric acid, 30-47% of hydrocarbon or chlorcarbon, 5-23% of 4-12 carbon atom alcohol and 13-28% of said phosphoric esters.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 14, in which the R groups are derived from coprah fatty acids.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
63 words
The method of claim 14, in which the metal substrate is ferrous metal and is phosphatized simultaneously with the degreasing and scoring, the microemulsion containing 20-45% of aqueous 20-85% phosphoric acid, 35-65% of hydrocarbon or chlorocarbon, 4-13% of 4-12 carbon atom alcohol and 4--13% of said phosphoric esters, the weight ratio of the aqueous phosphoric acid to the hydrocarbon or chlorocarbon being 0.5-1.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 16, in which the R groups are derived from copra fatty acids.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 6, in which the phosphoric esters are a mixture of ##STR7##
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