Composition having biocide activity for aqueous preparations

1. A composition comprising:

(a) an aqueous preparation comprising at least one mineral comprising calcium carbonate,

(b) one or more aldehyde-releasing and/or aldehyde-based biocides in an amount such that the total amount of aldehyde-releasing and/or aldehyde-based biocides in the aqueous preparation is from 250 ppm to 5000 ppm, calculated relative to the weight of water in the preparation, and

(c) at least one source of a water soluble lithium compound in an amount such that the total amount of solubilized lithium in the aqueous preparation is from 1000 to 3000 ppm, calculated relative to the weight of water in the preparation, wherein the at least one water soluble lithium compound is selected from the group consisting of a polymeric lithium salt, Li 2 ,Na 2 polyphosphate, lithium sodium hexametaphosphate, lithium polyacrylate, lithium carbonate, a lithium halide, lithium hydroxide, a lithium sulfate, lithium hydrogen sulfate, lithium citrate, and any mixture thereof.

2. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more aldehyde-releasing and/or aldehyde-based biocides is an aldehyde-releasing compound selected from formaldehyde-releasing biocides, acetaldehyde-releasing biocides, succinaldehyde-releasing biocides, 2-propenal-releasing biocides, and mixtures thereof.

3. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more aldehyde-releasing and/or aldehyde-based biocides is a formaldehyde-releasing biocide selected from benzyl alcoholmono(poly)-hemiformal, ethylenglycolhemiformal, tetrahydro-1,3,4,6-tetrakis(hydroxylmethyl)imidazo[4,5-d]imidazole-2,5(1H,3H)-dione, (TetraMethylolAcetyleneDiurea TMAD), and mixtures thereof.

4. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more aldehyde-releasing and/or aldehyde-based biocides is an aldehyde-based biocide selected from formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, glyoxal, glutaraldehyde, 2-propenal, phthalic dialdehyde, and mixtures thereof.

5. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more aldehyde-releasing and/or aldehyde-based biocides is an aldehyde-based biocide selected from formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde or a mixture thereof.

6. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the aldehyde-releasing and/or aldehyde-based biocide is included in the composition with another biocide selected from 5-chloro-2-methyl-2H-isothiazolin-3-one (CIT), 2-methyl-2H-isothiazolin-3-one (MIT), and mixtures thereof.

7. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one water soluble lithium compound is a polymeric lithium salt is a homopolymer and/or copolymer of acrylic acid.

8. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one water soluble lithium compound is lithium chloride, lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, or any mixture thereof.

9. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one water soluble lithium compound is lithium carbonate, a lithium halide, a lithium sulfate, lithium hydrogen sulfate, lithium citrate, and any mixture thereof.

10. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one water soluble lithium compound is a polymeric lithium salt selected from a lithium salt of an acrylic acid homopolymer, a lithium salt of an acrylic copolymer, a lithium salt of a copolymer of acrylic acid and maleic acid and/or acrylamide, a lithium salt of a polyphosphate, or any mixture thereof.

11. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one water soluble lithium compound is a Li 2 Na 2 polyphosphate, lithium-sodium hexametaphosphate or lithium polyacrylate.

12. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one water soluble lithium compound is a polymeric lithium salt in which at least 40 mole-% of acid sites of the polymeric lithium salt are neutralized by lithium.

13. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one water soluble lithium compound is a polymeric lithium salt in which 40 to 80 mole-% of acid sites of the polymeric lithium salt are neutralized by lithium.

14. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one water soluble lithium compound is a polymeric lithium salt in which 95 to 100 mole-% of acid sites of the polymeric lithium salt are neutralized by lithium.

15. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the mineral comprises calcium carbonate and one or more of kaolin, talcum, aluminium hydroxide, aluminium silicate, and titanium dioxide.

16. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the mineral comprises natural and/or precipitated calcium carbonate.