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Environmentally safe snow and ice dissolving liquid

US6319422A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 25, 1998
Grant dateNov 20, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 25, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC09K3/185
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a snow-and ice dissolving composition comprising an aqueous solution of urea and ammonium-nitrate. The aqueous solution has a mass ratio of (4.5-5.5):(3.6-4.4):(6.3-7.7). In addition, 1.5-2.0 mass per cent of benzoic-acid and/or 0.10-0.25 mass per cent of benzo-or tolyl triazol as corrosion inhibitors can be added.

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