| abstract |
THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO CERTAIN PROCESSES AND COMPOSITIONS USEFUL FOR INHIBITING THE GROWTH OF SLIME IN WATER EMPLOYED FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES, PARTICULARLY WATER EMPOLYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PULP AND PAPER, WATER EMPLOYED IN COOLING WATER SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS OTHER INDUSTRIAL WATERS. THE NOVEL PROCESSES AND COMPOSITIONS OF THE PRESENT INVENTION ARE PROCESSES OR MIXTURES WHICH SHOW UNEXPECTED SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITY AGAINST MICROORGANISMS, INCLUDING BACTERIA, FUNGI AND ALGAE, WHICH PRODUCE SLIMES IN AQUEOUS SYSTEMS OR BODIES WHICH ARE OBJECTIONABLE FROM EITHER AN OPERATIONAL OR AESTHETIC POINT OF VIEW. SPECIFICALLY, THE INVENTION IS DIRECTED TO THE USE OF COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A COMBINATION OF BIS-(TRICHLOROMETHYL) SULFONE WITH A MIXTURE OF 2-NITRO-2-ETHYL-1,3-DIMORPHOLINO PROPANE, AND N(2-NITROBUTYL) MORPHOLINE. |