Disinfecting aqueous foam, process for preparing same and use thereof

US10563154B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES · FR

Inventors

• Sylvain Faure · Aix-en-Provence, FR
• Esther Le Toquin · Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, FR
• Fabienne Gas · Pont-Saint-Esprit, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 15, 2016
• Grant date: Feb 18, 2020
• Expiry date: Sep 20, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C11D3/222
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a foam consisting of a dispersion of gas bubbles in a foaming solution comprising, per litre of solution, (i) from 0.05 to 1.5% by weight of one or more foaming organic surfactant(s), (ii) from 0.05% to 0.8% by weight of one or more organic gelling or viscosifying agent(s), (iii) from 1% to 14% by volume of one or more disinfecting agent(s) and (iv) water, said foam having an expansion between 12.5 and 50. The present invention also relates to the use of such a foam for biological decontamination.