Copolymers of ethylenically unsaturated and polyethylene-glycol monomethacrylate monomeric repeat units useful as scale control agents in boiler systems
US5350536A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 27, 1993 |
| Grant date | Sep 27, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 27, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC02F2303/08
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A composition for controlling the deposition of scale imparting species on the structural surfaces of steam generating systems comprising the use of a water soluble polymer having the structure ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is H or lower (C.sub.1 14 C.sub.4) alkyl, R.sub.2 is (CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --O).sub.n, ##STR2## or a mixture of both, and n is an integer of from about 1 to about 40, R.sub.3 is H, lower (C.sub.1-C.sub.4) alkyl or an acetate. This polymer may also be used in concert with topping agents such as phosphoric acids, phosphonic acids, amines, metal chelating agents and oxygen scavengers.
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