| abstract |
PROVIDES A COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR CONDITIONING CIRCULATING WATER TO REDUCE CORROSION AND/OR SCALE ACCUMULATION ON METAL. THE COMPOSITION INCLUDES (1) CERTAIN WATER SOLUBLE IN ORGANIC POLYPHOSPHATES OR THEIR CORRESPONDING ACIDS OR (2) PHOSPHORYLATED POLYOLS TOGETHER WITH (3) CERTAIN WATER SOLUBLE ORGANOPHOSPHONIC ACIDS OR THEIR CORRESPONDING SALTS. COMPONENT (3) SYNERGISTICALLY INCREASES THE EFFICIENCY OF COMPONENTS (1) AND (2). THE METHOD INCLUDES INTRODUCING THE COMPONENTS INTO THE WATER PERIODICALLY, BUT PREFERABLY CONTINUOUSLY, EITHER SEPARATELY OR IN COMBINATION. |