Aqueous lubricant emulsion for medical or apparatus and a method of washing

• Main Authors: JIA XIAOLEI, XIE YING WEI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 01.04.2014
• Subjects: 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; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; FUELS; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION INGENERAL; LUBRICANTS; LUBRICATING COMPOSITIONS; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PEAT; PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; USE OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES EITHER ALONE OR AS LUBRICATINGINGREDIENTS IN A LUBRICATING COMPOSITION

An aqueous lubricant emulsion for medical or food apparatus, comprising: (a) 5 wt % to 30 wt % of a mineral oil; (b) 5 wt % to 30 wt % of an emulsifier system consisting of two emulsifiers selected from the group consisting of sorbitan fatty acid ester, polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid ester, oleyl alcohol ether, triethanolamine oleate, wherein the mass ratio of the two emulsifiers is in a range of 2:8 to 8:2; (c) 0.5 wt % to 5 wt % of one or more coemulsifiers selected from the group consisting of fatty alcohols, long-chain fatty acids, and diisooctyl succinate sulfonates; and (d) the balance of water. A method for washing medical or food apparatus including the step of subjecting the medical or food apparatus to a treatment using the lubricant emulsion according to the invention after a washing step for the medical or food apparatus is also described.