US3663386A - Electrocleaner composition and process - Google Patents

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US3663386A
US3663386A US113752A US3663386DA US3663386A US 3663386 A US3663386 A US 3663386A US 113752 A US113752 A US 113752A US 3663386D A US3663386D A US 3663386DA US 3663386 A US3663386 A US 3663386A
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Harold A Skinner
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    • C25ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
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  • ...C23b 1/00, C23b 1/04 caustc li are by [58] Field of Search I D 204/1 145 134/2 adding to the composition from 0.33 to 3.0 percent by weight of the dry cleaning composition a monophosphate ester of oxalk lated alcohol. The hos hate ester im roves the cleanin [56] References Clted Zfficlency of the electrglyti: process and at the same time UNITED STATES PATENTS minimizes the formation of spray, mist and the discharge of gases from the bath.
  • an improved electrolytic caustic cleaning composition wherein the improvement comprises adding to the dry caustic composition from 0.33 to 3.0 percent by weight of the final dry caustic composition, a monophosphate ester of an oxyalkylated alcohol of the formula A-OR-H wherein A is an alkyl group having from to carbon atoms, R is a random mixture of oxyethylene and oxypropylene, said mixture being from 67 to 80 percent of the total weight of the compound and the weight ratio of oxyethylene to oxypropylene in said mixture being in the range from 3:1 to 7: 1.
  • Electrolytic cleaning processes employing essentially insoluble anodes and cathodes with an aqueous caustic cleaning solution are improved by adding to the aqueous electrolyte from about 0.15 to 2.7 grams/liter of the foregoing phosphate ester.
  • Caustic cleaning compositions for use in electrolytic cleaning processes typically contain an alkaline material such as alkali metal hydroxide, alkali metal carbonates, alkali metal silicates and alkali metal phosphates as the principal source of alkalinity.
  • alkali metal hydroxide such as alkali metal hydroxide, alkali metal carbonates, alkali metal silicates and alkali metal phosphates as the principal source of alkalinity.
  • organic materials such as sodium gluconate.
  • Other modifiers are also added such as trisodium nitrilotriacetate or a sodium phosphate to improve the retention of the dirt in the solution. It will be recognized of course that some of the alkali metal salts such as soda ash also have a dirt suspending property.
  • the alkali metal or caustic component is the major component and will normally constitute over 50 percent of the composition and more typically over 75 percent.
  • To this composition is also added small amounts of an ordinary surface-active organic composition in an attempt to control spray and mist elimination plus reducing the dustiness of the dry alkali mix.
  • organic surface-active agents are subject to attack by the alkali upon prolonged standing resulting in the discoloration and decomposition of the organic surface-active composition.
  • the oxyalkylated alcohols which are used to prepare the monoesterified phosphoric acid esters useful in this invention have the formula A-O-R-H wherein A is the residue of the starting alcohol, and R taken collectively represents the residues of the oxyethylene and the oxypropylene groups used to oxyalkylate the alcohol.
  • A is an alkyl group having from 10 to 20 carbon atoms or a mixture of alkyl groups having predominantly, that is, at least about percent, from 10 to 20 carbon atoms.
  • the alcohol employed or the mixture of alcohols employed should have an average molecular weight of about 160 to about 260. Furthermore, it is preferable that the bulk of the alcohol so employed would be within the range of 10 to 15 carbon atoms.
  • R represents the propylene oxide and ethylene oxide residues used in oxyalkylating the alcohol. This mixture of alkylene oxide residues is a random mixture as opposed to a block or regularly ordered sequence mixture. The mixture will contain a weight ratio of ethylene oxide to propylene oxide residues in the range from about 3:1 to about 7:1 and more desirably from about 5:1 to about 7:1. On a weight basis the R component of the oxyalkylated alcohol will be from about 67 percent to about 80 percent of the total weight of the oxyalkylated alcohol.
  • the alcohols and oxides used to prepare the foregoing oxyalkylated alcohol are the normal typical ones of commerce.
  • Examples of alcohols which are useful include decyl alcohol, dodecyl alcohol, tetradecyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, lauryl alcohol, stearyl alcohol and eicosyl alcohol.
  • Branched chain aliphatic alcohols are not operable in this invention. Mixtures of the alcohols can also be used.
  • ALFOL I218 which is approximately a mixture of 40 percent (by weight) C alcohol, 30 percent C alcohol, 20 percent C alcohol and 10 percent C alcohol
  • ALFOL 1210 which is approximately a mixture of 70 percent C and 30 percent C alcohols
  • NEODOL 25 mixture of C C alcohols are included in the foregoing.
  • the products of this invention are prepared by condensing an alcohol or a mixture of alcohols as described above with a mixture of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide.
  • the oxide mixture may be added to the alcohol in one continuous step or it may be added in several steps. If the oxide mixture is added in several steps, it is not necessary that the amount of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide added in each step be within the required weight and ratio ranges. It is only necessary that the total amount of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide added constitute 67 to 80 weight percent of the condensate (surfactant) product and that the ratio of the total amount of ethylene oxide to the total amount of propylene oxide be in the range of about 3:1 to about 7:1.
  • the oxyalkylated alcohols are generally prepared by condensing the alcohol with a mixture of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide in the presence of an alkaline catalyst.
  • Catalysts which may be employed include sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium methylate, potassium acetate, sodium acetate and triethylamine. Any other types of catalysts commonly used for alkylene oxide condensation reactions can also be employed.
  • the condensation is preferably carried out at elevated temperatures and pressures such as C. to about C. and 30 to 90 psig.
  • the catalyst is removed from the reaction mixture by any known procedure such as neutralization and filtration or ion exchange. It will be readily apparent to those skilled in preparing surfactants that many other combinations and permutations of pressures, catalyst and temperatures may be employed in the preparation of the oxyalkylated alcohols utilized in this invention and that such pennutations and combinations are to be considered within the scope of this invention.
  • the monophosphate ester of the oxyalkylated alcohol is preferably added to the dry caustic electrolytic cleaner composition in order to obtain the greatest benefits of this invention.
  • the phosphate ester is stable in the presence of caustic and, therefore, does not discolor nor deteriorate. Additionally, the phosphate ester acts as a dedusting agent reducing or completely eliminating the fine alkali dust which is otherwise associated with such a dry mix.
  • the order of incorporation of the phosphate ester into the dry electrolytic cleaner composition is not too important; however, the greatest benefits are achieved when all or most of the dry ingredients are first added to the blending tank and then the phosphate ester is added. Additionally, the phosphate esters can be added directly to the aqueous electrolytic cleaner bath composition but in so doing the subsidiary advantage of dust control is lost.
  • the phosphate esters of this invention will comprise from about one-third of one percent to about three percent of the total dry caustic electrolytic cleaner composition. Best results are obtained when the electrolytic cleaner bath solution composition containing the phosphate ester has a concentration from about 40 to about 120 grams per liter of the composition of this invention. When the phosphate ester is added separately to the bath solution, satisfactory results are obtained by the addition of about 0. l to about 2.7 grams per liter of bath solution.
  • Monophosphate ester of this invention Total: lO0.0
  • the alcohol contained a mixture of approximately 40% t1, alcohol, 30% C alcohol, C alcohol and IOZ- C alcohol, and the alkylene oxide (78 parts) in a ratio of6.8:l ofethylene oxide to propylene oxide.
  • Temperature was 130 to 200 F. with a time of 10 seconds to 4 minutes and current density of 10 to 100 amps per square feet.
  • the alcohol (20 pans) contained a mixture of C alcohol, 8.5% C alcohol and 6.5% C alcohol, and the alkylene oxide (80 parts) wherein the ratio ofethylene oxide to propylene oxide was 5.67:].
  • the composition was used at the rate of 60 grams per liter of cleaning bath solution at a temperature of F.
  • the anodic current was supplied for a period of 15 to 30 seconds at an average current density of 10 amps per square feet.
  • One inch of foam was obtained with soil removal (number 50 Iubricat ing oil from cold rolled steel panels) of 71 percent.
  • Example III was repeated except that the phosphate ester was based on the oxyalkylated alcohol of 60 parts of the alcohol described in Example I and 40 parts of ethylene oxide: The foaming height was 1 inch and the percent soil removed was 43 percent.
  • the monophosphate esters employed in this invention produce a thicker or heavier and more uniform foam blanket thereby better controlling the amount of spray, mist and gases evolved from the cleaning solution, control the dustiness of the dry cleaning mixture without the composition or discoloration. More importantly, and completely unexpectedly, the phosphate esters have a cleaning efficiency (in the amount of soil removed and retained in the cleaning bath) of nearly twice other phosphate esters outside the scope of this invention.
  • An improved electrolytic caustic cleaning composition wherein the improvement comprises adding to the dry caustic composition from 0.33 to 3.0 percent by weight of the final dry caustic composition, a monophosphate ester of an oxyalkylated alcohol of the formula A-O-R-H wherein A is an alkyl group having from to carbon atoms, R is a random mixture of oxyethylene and oxypropylene, said mixture being from 67 to 80 percent of the total weight of the oxyalkylated alcohol and the weight ratio of oxyethylene to oxypropylene at said mixture being in the range from 3:1 to 7: l.
  • composition according to claim 2 wherein the ratio of oxyethylene to oxypropylene groups is from about 5:1 to 7:1.
  • a caustic electrolytic cleaning solution containing from about 40 to about grams of the composition of claim 1 per liter of cleaning solution.
  • the improvement comprises minimizing the formation of spray, mist and discharge of gases, and improving the cleaning efficiency during the passage of an electric current by incorporating into said aqueous caustic cleaning solution 0.15 to 2.7 grams per liter of the phosphate ester of an oxyalkylated alcohol according to claim 1.

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