Claims
- 1. A composition for inhibiting pitting corrosion of a ferrous metal in contact with a metal-corrosive aqueous system, wherein the aqueous system comprises a halogen salt, the composition comprising:a) cyanuric acid; and b) at least one water-soluble salt selected from the group consisting of alkali metal molybdate salts, alkali metal silicate salts, and mixtures thereof, wherein the weight ratio of cyanuric acid to water soluble salt is from about 1:1 to about 200:1.
- 2. The composition of claim 1, further comprising a metal-corrosive aqueous system.
- 3. The composition of claim 1, wherein a concentration of cyanuric acid in the metal-corrosive aqueous system is from about 50 ppm to about 600 ppm.
- 4. The composition of claim 3, wherein the concentration of cyanuric acid in the metal-corrosive aqueous system is from about 50 ppm to about 300 ppm.
- 5. The composition of claim 4, wherein the concentration of cyanuric acid in the metal-corrosive aqueous system is about 300 ppm.
- 6. The composition of claim 1, wherein a concentration of water soluble salt in the metal-corrosive aqueous system is from about 3 ppm to about 50 ppm.
- 7. The composition of claim 1, wherein the water soluble salt comprises sodium silicate.
- 8. The composition of claim 7, wherein a concentration of sodium silicate in metal-corrosive aqueous system is from about 3 ppm to about 50 ppm.
- 9. The composition of claim 8, wherein the concentration of sodium silicate in the metal-corrosive aqueous system is about 11 ppm.
- 10. The composition of claim 1, wherein the water-soluble salt comprises sodium molybdate.
- 11. The composition of claim 10, wherein a concentration of sodium molibdate in the metal-corrosive aqueous system is from about 5 ppm to about 50 ppm.
- 12. The composition of claim 11, wherein the concentration of sodium molybdate in the metal-corrosive aqueous system is about 37 ppm.
- 13. The composition of claim 1, further comprising:c) sodium bromide, wherein the weight ratio of sodium bromide to cyanuric acid is from about 1:2 to about 40:1, and wherein the ratio of sodium bromide to water soluble salt is from about 100:1 to about 60:1.
- 14. The composition of claim 1, wherein the water soluble salt comprises sodium silicate and sodium molybdate, wherein the weight ratio of cyanuric acid to sodium silicate is from about 1:1 to about 200:1, and wherein the weight ratio of cyanuric acid to sodium molybdate is from about 1:1 to about 200:1.
- 15. The composition of claim 1, further comprising:d) a substance selected from the group consisting of sodium carbonate, polyacrylate homopolymer, and 2-phosphonobutane-1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid.
- 16. A composition for inhibiting the corrosion of a ferrous metal in contact with a metal-corrosive aqueous system, the composition comprising:a) from about 0.02 to about 66 wt. % cyanuric acid; b) from about 0.001 to about 13 wt. % sodium molybdate; c) from about 0.002 to about 13 wt. % sodium silicate; and d) from about 30 to about 97 wt. % sodium bromide.
- 17. A method for inhibiting the corrosion of a ferrous metal in contact with a metal-corrosive aqueous system, the method comprising the steps of:a) adding to the metal corrosive aqueous system from about 50 to about 600 ppm of cyanuric acid; and b) adding to the metal corrosive aqueous system from about 3 to about 50 ppm of at least one water-soluble salt selected from the group consisting of alkali metal molybdate salts, alkali metal silicate salts, and mixtures therof.
- 18. The method claim 17, further comprising the step of:c) adding to the metal corrosive aqueous system from about 300 to about 2000 ppm of sodium bromide.
- 19. The method of claim 17 wherein step b) comprises:i) adding to the metal corrosive aqueous system from about 3 to about 50 ppm of sodium molybdate; and ii) adding to the metal corrosive aqueous system from about 5 to about 50 ppm of sodium silicate.
- 20. The method of claim 17 further comprising the step of:d) adding to the metal corrosive aqueous system a substance selected from the group consisting of sodium carbonate, polyacrylate homopolymer, and 2-phosphonobutane-1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid.
Parent Case Info
This application claims the benefit of provisional application 60/388,589 filed on Jun. 12, 2002.
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Provisional Applications (1)
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