Patent · US Expired

Phosphinate inhibitor for scale squeeze applications

US5018577A · kind A · utility

66Cited by
9References
8Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateAug 2, 1990
Grant dateMay 28, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 2, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S507/927
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A squeeze treatment for preventing scale utilizes as the scale inhibitor a predominantly phosphinate containing composition comprising: ______________________________________ Mole Percent - Ingredients Less Than ______________________________________ A. Monosodium phosphinicobis - 22 (succinic acid) B. Monosodium phosphinico- 26 succinic acid C. Sodium phosphonosuccinic acid 12 D. Sodium phosphate 5 E. Sodium phosphite 6 F. Sodium hypophosphite, and 6 G. A phosphinicosuccinic acid oligomer having the probable structural formula: ##STR1## ______________________________________ wherein G exceeds 25 mole percent, M is H, Na, K, NH.sub.4, amine salts and mixtures thereof and m and n are either 0 or a small whole number with the proviso that either m or n is a small whole number and the sum of m plus n is greater than 2.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.