LOW VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS CLEANER COMPOSITION

• US 20150361377A1
• Filed: 02/06/2015
• Published: 12/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Diversey Incorporated (Sealed Air)
• Original Assignee: Diversey Incorporated (Sealed Air)
• Inventors: Kron, Ryan E., Brown, Lance D.
• Application Number:
  US14/615,662
• Publication Number:
  US 20150361377A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 1/004 Surface-active compounds containing F
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/2034 aromatic
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/2068 Ethers
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/30 Amines; Substituted amines ; Quaternized amines

Abstract

Disclosed herein are low volatile organic compound cleaner compositions which include a diethylene glycol monoalkyl ether, benzyl alcohol, and a fluorosurfactant. Also disclosed are low volatile organic compound cleaner compositions which include a diethylene glycol monoalkyl ether, benzyl alcohol, and an ethanolamine Methods of using the compositions are also provided.

Claims

1. (canceled)

2. A cleaner composition comprising:

a diethylene glycol monoalkyl ether;

benzyl alcohol; and

a fluorosurfactant, and wherein the surface tension of the composition is about 30 dynes or less.

3. The composition of claim 2, wherein the diethylene glycol monoalkyl ether comprises diethylene glycol monobutyl ether.

4. The composition of claim 2, wherein the diethylene glycol monoalkylether is diethylene glycol monoethyl ether.

5. The composition of claim 2, further comprising an ethanolamine.

6. The composition of claim 5, wherein the ethanolamine is selected from the group consisting of monoethanolamine, diethanolamine and triethanolamine.

7. The composition of claim 2, further comprising a base.

8. The composition of claim 7, wherein the base is selected from the group consisting of sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, ammonium hydroxide.

9. The composition of claim 2, wherein the pH is 8.0 or higher.

10. The composition of claim 2, wherein the pH of the composition is about 12.0 or higher.

11. The composition of claim 2, wherein the fluorosurfactant is a non-ionic fluorosurfactant.

12. The composition of claim 2, further comprising a chelator.

13. The composition of claim 2, further comprising a hydrotrope.

14. The composition of claim 2, comprising diethylene glycol monobutyl ether and diethylene glycol monoethyl ether.

15. The composition of claim 14, wherein the diethylene glycol monobutyl ether and the diethylene glycol monoethyl ether are present in a weight ratio of from about 4:

1 to about 1;

1.

16. The composition of claim 2, wherein the diethylene glycol monoalkyl ether and the benzyl alcohol are present in a weight ratio of from about 8:

1 to about 2;

1.

17. The composition of claim 5, wherein the diethylene glycol monoalkyl ether and the ethanolamine are present in a weight ratio of from about 8:

1 to about 2;

1.

18. The composition of claim 2, wherein the composition comprises from about 50 ppm to about 2500 ppm of a fiuorosurfactant.

19. The composition of claim 2, wherein the composition comprises from about 5% by weight to about 30% by weight diethylene glycol monobutyl ether;

from about 5% by weight to 20% by weight diethylene glycol monoethyl ether;

from about 1% by weight to about 10% by weight benzyl alcohol; and

from about 0.05% by weight to about 1% by weight fiuorosurfactant.

20. The composition of claim 19, further comprising from about 1% by weight to about 10% by weight ethanolamine.

21. The composition of claim 2, wherein the composition comprises about 14% by weight diethylene glycol monobutyl ether;

about 10% by weight diethylene glycol monoethyl ether;

about 5% by weight benzyl alcohol; and

about 0.1% by weight fiuorosurfactant.

22. The composition of claim 21, further comprising about 4% by weight monoethanolamme.

23-31. -31. (canceled)