BLEACHING USING PEROXYFORMIC ACID AND AN OXYGEN CATALYST

A method for enhancing bleaching efficacy for treatment of articles, including for example laundry is disclosed. Methods for sanitizing and/or disinfecting and bleaching laundry and other articles is provided by washing the articles with a peroxyformic acid composition at a first pH for effective an...

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Hauptverfasser:	BECKER, Angela, LUNDBERG, Steven, FAST, Jonathan P, LANG, Jason, CREW, Benjamin
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES CANDLES CHEMISTRY DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS DETERGENTS FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM METALLURGY RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL RESIN SOAPS SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS
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Zusammenfassung:	A method for enhancing bleaching efficacy for treatment of articles, including for example laundry is disclosed. Methods for sanitizing and/or disinfecting and bleaching laundry and other articles is provided by washing the articles with a peroxyformic acid composition at a first pH for effective antimicrobial efficacy, thereafter applying an alkaline source to increase the pH for addition of a bleaching activator and/or catalyst for the bleaching agent at a second pH, and lastly draining the remaining components of the peroxyformic acid composition, and the bleaching agent and bleach activator/catalyst from the articles. The methods can be provided as part of a laundry cleaning operation and can be utilized in industrial and commercial applications.