COPPER CHELATING AGENT, COMPOSITION INCLUDING THE AGENT, AND METHODS OF FORMING AND USING THE AGENT AND COMPOSITION

• Main Author: ZAKI NAEL N
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 07.10.2010
• Subjects: ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES; CANDLES; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; CLEANING OR DEGREASING OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY CHEMICALMETHODS OTHER THAN ELECTROLYSIS; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATIONOR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; DETERGENTS; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION INGENERAL; METALLURGY; MULTI-STEP PROCESSES FOR SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLICMATERIAL INVOLVING AT LEAST ONE PROCESS PROVIDED FOR IN CLASSC23 AND AT LEAST ONEPROCESS COVERED BY SUBCLASS C21D OR C22F OR CLASS C25; NON-MECHANICAL REMOVAL OF METALLIC MATERIAL FROM SURFACE; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL; RESIN SOAPS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS

A cleaning agent, a composition including the agent, and methods of forming and using the agent and composition are disclosed. The agent is formed by combining an organic acid and an amine in the presence in a base to form a compound for chelating copper ions. The composition optionally includes diluents, surfactants, sequestering agents, corrosion inhibitors and/or thickening agents.