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Water treatment agent
Assignee: Kurita Water Industries Ltd
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Filing: 1985-10-24
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Granted: 1987-05-19
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Expires: 2005-10-24
Abstract
Abstract A water treatment agent to be used by adding it to water systems, such as, those in boiler plant and water cooling circulation system, for preventing both corrosion and scale formation on the metal surfaces held in contact with water in the water systems, comprising, as effective components, a polymer product having maleic acid or maleic anhydride unit and a polymer product having acarylamide or methacrylamide unit.
Inventors
- 👤 Takao Tsuneki
- 👤 Shinji Ano
- 👤 Takahiko Uchida
- 👤 Tomoyasu Imai
- 👤 Masaru Okamoto
- 👤 Hideo Ohtaka
- 👤 Hiromi Murakami
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 05:45
CPC Classifications
C; C02; C02F; C02F5/00; C02F5/08; C02F5/10; C02F5/12; C23; C23F; C23F11/00; C23F11/08; C23F11/10; C23F11/173
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
91 words
A water treatment agent, consisting essentially of a blend of (A) a first polymer component selected from the group consisting of homopolymers of maleic acid, homopolymers of maleic anhydride, copolymers of maleic acid with isobutylene or isopentene, copolymers of maleic anhydride with isobutylene or isopentene and water-soluble salts thereof (B) a second polymer component selected from the group consisting of homopolymers of acrylamide, homopolymers of methacrylamide, Hofmann degradation products of polyacrylamide Hofmann degradation products of polymethacrylamide and water-soluble salts thereof, wherein the weight ratio of A:B is from 9:1 to 1:9.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
91 words
A water treatment agent, consisting essentially of a blend of (A) a first polymer component selected from the group consisting of homopolymers of maleic acid, homopolymers of maleic anhydride, copolymers of maleic acid with isobutylene or isopentene, copolymers of maleic anhydride with isobutylene or isopentene and water-soluble salts thereof (B) a second polymer component selected from the group consisting of homopolymers of acrylamide, homopolymers of methacrylamide, Hofmann degradation products of polyacrylamide Hofmann degradation products of polymethacrylamide and water-soluble salts thereof, wherein the weight ratio of A:B is from 9:1 to 1:9.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
64 words
A method for treating circulating water in open circulation cooling water systems operating at a high concentration ratio and being apt to suffer from formation of silicic scale on surfaces that contact the water, which comprises mixing with the water an amount of water treatment agent as claimed in claim 1 effective to prevent corrosion and scale formation on surfaces that contact the water.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
A water treatment agent according to claim 1, wherein the molecular weight of said first polymer component is in the range of from 500 to 40,000.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
A water treatment agent according to claim 1, wherein the molecular weight of said second polymer component is in the range of from 200 to 5,000.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
44 words
A water treatment agent as claimed in claim 1, wherein units of maleic acid or maleic anhydride comprise at least 25 mole % of said first polymer component and acrylamide or methacrylamide units comprise at least 50 mole % of said second polymer component.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
45 words
A water treatment agent as claimed in claim 1, wherein units of maleic acid or maleic anhydride comprise at least 10 mole % of said first polymer component and acrylamide or methacrylamide units comprise at least 10 l mole % of said second polymer component.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
A water treatment agent as claimed in claim 1 in which said first polymer component is a homopolymer of maleic acid.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
A water treatment agent as claimed in claim 1 in which said first polymer component is a 1:1 copolymer of maleic acid and isobutylene.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
A water treatment agent as claimed in claim 1 in which said first polymer component is a 1:1 copolymer of maleic acid and isopentene.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
20 words
A water treatment agent as claimed in claim 1 in which said second polymer component is a homopolymer of acrylamide.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
A water treatment agent as claimed in claim 1 in which said second polymer component is a Hofmann degradation product of polyacrylamide.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
25 words
A water treatment agent as claimed in claim 1 in which said second polymer component is a Hofmann degradation product of a partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
21 words
A water treatment agent as claimed in claim 1 in which the weight ratio of A:B is from 2:1 to 1:2.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method as claimed in claim 2 in which the water treatment agent is incorporated in the water in an amount in the range of 1 to 500 mg/l.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method as claimed in claim 2 in which the water treatment agent is incorporated in the water in an amount in the range of 2 to 100 mg/l.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method as claimed in claim 2 in which the water treatment agent is incorporated in the water in an amount in the range of 30 to 40 mg/l.
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