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Monocarboxylic acid based antifreeze composition for diesel engines

US6290870A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 25, 2000
Grant dateSep 18, 2001
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Expiry dateFeb 25, 2020

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC23F11/08
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to an acid based antifreeze coolant formulation for heavy duty applications such as for diesel engines which may be used for inhibition and prevention erosion and corrosion of aluminum and the corrosion of other metals exposed to an aqueous liquid in automotive coolant systems. The formulation further inhibits mineral scale. It may be packaged as an ethylene glycol based additive for use in new engines or in a concentrated inhibition package as an additive as for reinhibition of used coolant. The combination of a mixture of ethylene or propylene glycol, a monobasic aliphatic organic acid, azoles, low levels of molybdates, a combination of nitrite and/or nitrate salts, polyvinylpyrrolidone, a hydroxide salt, silicates and/or siloxane stabilized silicates with transition metal compounds provide a synergistic protective effect against the cavitation corrosion of aluminum in aqueous liquids reducing the corrosion rate and is effective at relatively low concentrations and varying pH ranges.

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