The invention relates to compositions, methods of manufacture, and methods for reducing metal corrosion during alkaline cleaning. In particular, the method employs an alkylamino hydroxy acid, secondary amine, or combination thereof in alkaline cleaning of hard surfaces.

Disclosed herein are systems for treating a substrate. The system may include a cleaner composition, a deoxidizing composition comprising a Group IVA metal and/or a Group IVB metal and free fluoride and having a pH of 1.0 to 3.0, and/or a seal composition. The system may also include a coating composition. The cleaner composition, deoxidizing composition, and/or seal composition may comprise a homopolymer or a copolymer comprising a phosphorous-containing monomeric subunit m1. Also disclosed is a deoxidizing composition comprising a Group IVA metal and a Group IVB metal and free fluoride and having a pH of 1.0 to 3.0. Also disclosed are methods of treating a substrate. Also disclosed are treated substrates.

A hard surface cleaning composition is provided, including: carbon dioxide; an ionic acrylic based rheology modifier comprising at least one of an alkali swellable emulsion polymer and a hydrophobically-modified alkali swellable emulsion polymer; a pH adjuster; a surfactant; at least one of an alkyl benzene sulfonic acid and an alkyl benzene sulfonate; water; a cosolvent; and, optionally, a pH color indicator; wherein the pH of the hard surface cleaning composition is 3.5 to 6.0. Also provided is a method of cleaning a hard surface.

The present invention relates to a method for the corrosion-protective and cleaning pretreatment of metallic components, produced at least partially from metallic materials from the elements iron, zinc and/or aluminum, with the use of an acid aqueous composition containing, in addition to the water-soluble compounds of the elements Zr and/or Ti causing the conversion of the metal surface, a mixture of an aliphatic diol and an aliphatic saturated polyhydroxy compound. It also comprises a chrome(VI)-free aqueous composition based on the constituents mentioned above which delivers outstanding results in cleaning and simultaneous corrosion-protective conversion of technical metal surfaces in one method step.

A multi-step method for anti-corrosion pretreatment of components made from metallic materials, in which a wet chemical treatment with an aqueous composition (A) containing a dissolved and/or dispersed polymer P, which is substituted with heterocycles containing at least one quaternary nitrogen heteroatom, is followed by a conversion treatment based on water-soluble compounds of the elements Zr, Ti, and/or Si before further anti-corrosion coatings are optionally applied.

An aqueous light duty liquid detergent formulation is provided including a water; an essential oil; a derivative of castor oil having a formula selected from formula I and formula II; an ethoxylated phenol having formula III; an anionic surfactant and a zwitterionic surfactant. Also provided is a method of cleaning an article using the aqueous light duty liquid detergent formulation.

A one-step method of cleaning a girth gear set of a mill in preparation for inspection is provided, the method comprising: substantially emptying the mill; inching the gear; spraying a low, very low or non-Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) cleaning formulation at high pressure onto the gear, the cleaning formulation comprising a non-VOC aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent, an extreme pressure lubricant, a fretting wear lubricant, a non-ionic surfactant, and a mixture of non-VOC unsaturated fatty alcohols; and continuing to spray the low or very low VOC cleaning formulation on the gear for sufficient time for the formulation to clean the gear, thereby providing a so cleaned gear.

The present invention provides a surface treatment agent which is capable of efficiently removing oily substances from the surface of a metal material, while removing scales and fumes therefrom at the same time.

A surface treatment agent which contains a chelating agent, a nonionic surfactant and an anionic surfactant, and which is configured such that the anionic surfactant is composed of at least one surfactant that is selected from the group consisting of phosphoric acid ester surfactants, carboxylic acid surfactants, sulfonic acid surfactants and sulfuric acid ester surfactants.

An object of the present invention is to provide a solvent and a detergent that have excellent basic properties as solvents or detergents, such as solubility, and that have a boiling point, flammability, toxicity, GWP, and ODP that are all within preferable ranges. To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a solvent composition or detergent composition comprising a hydrochlorofluoropropene represented by the formula: CX.sub.3CX═CX.sub.2, wherein each X is the same or different and is F or Cl, at least one X is F, and at least three X are Cl; the hydrochlorofluoropropene having an atmospheric pressure boiling point of 50° C. or higher.

Detergent compositions designed to prevent aluminum discoloration while providing high cleaning performance on soils and stains are disclosed. Detergent compositions substantially free of nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) are disclosed. Methods of using the detergent compositions are also disclosed.