Compositions and methods useful for removing anionic contaminates and debris including phosphates from dental restorative substrates are disclosed.

A system and method for a metal sequestration composition comprising combining a galactaric salt or galactaric acid with a metalloid oxyanion, and an alkali compound. The system and method enable the production of a metal sequestration composition that either alone or in combination with other functional components (e.g. surfactants, solvents, pH modifiers) provide water treatment or cleaning compositions.

The invention relates to adjuvant compositions which contain a) one or more polyalkylene glycol sulfate salts or polyalkylene glycol sulfonate salts, b) water, and c) one or more electrolytes dissociated into ions. Said adjuvant compositions can be preferably used combined with pharmaceutical active ingredients, agrochemical active ingredients, biocides or repellents which have a high electrolyte content.

Methods of cleaning waxy, oily and/or greasy soils, including lipsticks and lip gloss, are disclosed. Methods of removing lipstick and lip gloss stains in laundry applications are disclosed through application of alkaline cleaning compositions comprising branched polyamines.

Compositions and methods for cleaning and decontaminating animal carcasses are disclosed. The compositions comprise a mud ball remover having a thioglycolate salt and a base and an antimicrobial agent effective to remove mud balls and reduce microbial contamination of a hide surface at ambient temperatures. The methods comprise cleaning and decontaminating an animal carcass by applying the disclosed compositions onto the surface of the animal carcass to soften and loosen foreign debris attached to the carcass followed by mechanically removing the foreign debris while preserving the integrity and quality of the hide byproduct and resulting leather articles.

Disclosed herein is a decontaminant aqueous solution for decontaminating diisocyanate drum, including 20-97 wt % of at least one alcohol or derivative thereof, based on the total weight of decontaminant aqueous solution, and an alkaline source in an amount effective to provide the solution a pH of at least 8. Further disclosed herein is a method for decontaminating diisocyanate residues in an emptied drum with the decontaminant aqueous solution.

The invention relates to solidification of liquid amine oxide, betaine, and/or sultaine surfactants with a binder to form a solidified surfactant composition. In particular, the invention relates to solidification of liquid surfactants utilizing drying device(s), wherein the feed composition contains at least one liquid surfactant and a binder and optional carrier to form a solidified surfactant composition. The solidified surfactant compositions can be useful in various cleaning compositions.

A water-soluble unit dose article comprising a water-soluble film and a detergent composition encapsulated within the water-soluble film, wherein the water-soluble film is a water-soluble polymer and the detergent composition includes a dye fixative, wherein said detergent composition has a neat pH of from 2.5 to 8.4.

The present invention relates to a recycling process for a laminate and a solution used in such a process. The present invention finds particular application in the removal of an adhered overlay from an underlying substrate material such as plastic. The process includes subjecting the laminate to an impact frictional striking force, thereby substantially separating the substrate layer from the one or more surface layers of the overlay and then washing the substrate layer with a washing solution to remove the remaining surface layers of the overlay and glue from the substrate layer. The washing solution may be an aqueous solution including a surfactant, a solvent and a base.

The present invention provides a composition having an excellent dissolving ability for a transition metal-containing substance and a method for treating a substrate. The composition according to an embodiment of the present invention contains at least one oxohalogen acid compound selected from the group consisting of hypochlorous acid, chlorous acid, chloric acid, bromic acid, and salts thereof and a compound represented by Formula (1), in which a content of the compound represented by Formula (1) is 1.0% to 25.0% by mass with respect to a total mass of the composition.

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