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Cooling water corrosion inhibition method

Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc
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Filing: 1986-05-09
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Granted: 1988-06-21
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Expires: 2006-05-09
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Abstract

Abstract A method for inhibiting corrosion in industrial cooling waters which contain hardness and a pH of at least 6.5, by dosing the water with a composition which comprises a water-soluble inorganic phosphate capable of inhibiting corrosion in an aqueous alkaline environment and a hydrocarbon polymer containing an N-substituted acrylamide polymers with an amide structure as follows: ##STR1## where R 2 is hydrogen or methyl, R 1 is a hydrogen or an alkyl and R is alkylene or phenylene, and X is sulfonate, (poly)hydroxyl, (poly)carboxyl or carbonyl, and combinations thereof; or containing derivatized maleic anhydride homo-, co- and terpolymers having N-substituted maleamic acid units, N-substituted maleimide units and maleic acid (and salts) units having a structure as follows: ##STR2## where R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are each independently chosen from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxyl, carboxyalkyl, carboxyamide, phenyl, substituted phenyl, linear or branched alkyl of from one to ten carbon atoms, and substituted alkyl of from one to ten carbon atoms, where the substituent is phosphonic acid; phosphinic acid; phosphate ester; sulfonic acid; sulfate ester, carboxyamide, (poly)carboxy and (poly)hydroxy, alkoxy and carboxylate ester groups; and combinations thereof.

Inventors

  • 👤 John E. Hoots
  • 👤 Donald A. Johnson
  • 👤 Dodd W. Fong
  • 👤 James F. Kneller

Bibliographic Details

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Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 11:00
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09D; C09D133/00; C09D133/24; C09D135/00; C09D5/00; C09D5/08; C23; C23F; C23F11/00; C23F11/08; C23F11/10; C23F11/173

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim 85 words
A method for improving the performance of corrosion inhibitors in aqueous systems having hardness and a pH of at least 6.5 by dosing said system with: From 10-50 ppm of a composition comprising: I. a water-soluble inorganic phosphate capable of inhibiting corrosion in an aqueous alkaline environment, and II. an N-substituted acrylamide polymer from the group consisting of 2-acrylamidoethane sulfonic acid/acrylic acid, 2-acrylamidoethane sulfonic acid/acrylic acid/acrylamide and acrylamidomethane sulfonic acid/acrylic acid/acrylamide with the weight ratio of polymer:phosphate being within the range of 0.1:1 to 5:1.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 85 words
A method for improving the performance of corrosion inhibitors in aqueous systems having hardness and a pH of at least 6.5 by dosing said system with: From 10-50 ppm of a composition comprising: I. a water-soluble inorganic phosphate capable of inhibiting corrosion in an aqueous alkaline environment, and II. an N-substituted acrylamide polymer from the group consisting of 2-acrylamidoethane sulfonic acid/acrylic acid, 2-acrylamidoethane sulfonic acid/acrylic acid/acrylamide and acrylamidomethane sulfonic acid/acrylic acid/acrylamide with the weight ratio of polymer:phosphate being within the range of 0.1:1 to 5:1.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 32 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said composition further includes a water-soluble organic phosphonate with the weight ratio of inorganic phosphate to organic phosphonate being within the range of 0.5:1 to 2:1.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 53 words
The method of claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the polymer is an acrylic acid/acrylamide/sulfomethylacrylamide polymer having a mole ratio of acrylic acid to acrylamide to sulfomethylacrylamide polymer within the range of 13-95 to 0-73 to 5-41 respectively; and wherein the polymer has a weight average molecular weight within the range of 7,000-82,000.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 44 words
The method of claim 3, wherein the polymer has a mole ratio of acrylic acid to acrylamide to sulfomethylacrylamide within the range of 40-90 t 0-50 to 10-40 respectively; and wherein the polymer has a weight average molecular weight within the range of 10,000-40,000.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 52 words
The method of claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the polymer is an acrylic acid/acrylamide/2-sulfoethylacrylamide polymer having a mole ratio of acrylic acid to acrylamide to 2-sulfoethylacrylamide within the range of 19-95 to 0-54 to 5-58 respectively; and wherein the polymer has a weight average molecular weight within the range of 6,000-56,000.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 44 words
The method of claim 5 wherein the polymer has a mole ratio of acrylic acid to acrylamide to 2-sulfoethylacrylamide within the range of 40-90 to 0-50 to 10-40 respectively; and wherein the polymer has a weight average molecular weight within the range of 10,000-40,000.

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