Fatty alcohol oxyalkylates, possessing blocked terminal groups, for industrial cleaning processes, in particular bottle-washing and metal-cleaning

US4624803A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Wolf-Dieter Balzer · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Klaus Lorenz · Worms, DE
• Helmut Wolf · Holzkirchen, DE
• Wolfgang Trieselt · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Dieter Stoeckigt · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Albert Hettche · Heßheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 3, 1985
• Grant date: Nov 25, 1986
• Expiry date: May 3, 2005

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C23G1/14
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Fatty alcohol oxyalkylates possessing blocked terminal groups are used as low-foam, antifoaming and biodegradable surfactants for industrial cleaning processes, in particular for bottle-washing and metal-cleaning.