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US 12,385,143 · App. 17/817,890 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Corrosion inhibitor for mitigating alkaline carbonate stress corrosion cracking

Inventors: John Nathan Scholz (Sugar Land, TX); Philip Andrew Thornthwaite (Wigan, GB); Janelle Leigh Pennington (Missouri City, TX); Maria DeJesus Marquez (Houston, TX); Oussama Zenasni (Houston, TX)
Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
C23F11/149C09K8/54C10G75/02C23F11/10C23F11/143C23F11/173
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Patent No.
US 12,385,143
App. No.
17/817,890
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for reducing, inhibiting, or preventing corrosion of a surface, using a corrosion-inhibiting composition comprising a dispersant having the structure of Formula 1 and a corrosion inhibitor having the structure of Formula 2 wherein X 1 is hydroxyl, —OC(O)R 1 ; X 2 is hydroxyl, or —OC(O)R 2 ; X 3 is hydroxyl or —OC(O)R 3 ; R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 are independently C 10 to C 30 alkyl or alkenyl; m, n, and o are independently integers from 1 to 10; R 20 , R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , and R 24 are independently hydrogen or —C(O)—R 31 ; R 31 is C 10 to C 30 alkyl or alkenyl; p is an integer of 0 or 1; q is an integer of 1 to 4; r is an integer of 0 or 1; s is an integer of 0 or 1; t is an integer from 1 to 4; and p1, q1, r1, r2, s1, and t1 are independently integers from 1 to 6; wherein when p, r, and s are 0, q+t is an integer from 4 to 8 and at least one of R 20 , R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , and R 24 is —C(O)—R 31 .

Claims (35)

1. A corrosion-inhibiting composition comprising a dispersant having the structure of Formula 1 and a corrosion inhibitor having the structure of Formula 2:

wherein

X 1 is hydroxyl or —OC (O) R 1 ;

X 2 is hydroxyl or —OC (O) R 2

X 3 is hydroxyl or —OC (O) R 3 ;

R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 are independently C 10 to C 30 alkyl or alkenyl;

m, n, and o are independently integers from 1 to 10;

R 20 , R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , and R 24 are independently hydrogen or —C (O)—R 31 ;

R 31 is C 10 to C 30 alkyl or alkenyl;

p is an integer of 0 or 1;

q is an integer of 1 to 4;

r is an integer of 0 or 1;

s is an integer of 0 or 1;

t is an integer from 1 to 4; and

p1, q1, r1, r2, s1, and t1 are independently integers from 1 to 6;

wherein when p, r, and s are 0, q+t is an integer from 4 to 8;

wherein the sum of p, q, r, s, and t results in a compound with five or more amine groups; and wherein at least one of R 20 , R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , and R 24 is —C(O)—R 31 .

2. The corrosion-inhibiting composition of claim 1 , wherein m, n, and o are independently integers from 1 to 8.

3. The corrosion-inhibiting composition of claim 1 , wherein X 1 is hydroxyl or —OC(O)R 1 .

4. The corrosion-inhibiting composition of claim 3 , wherein X 1 is hydroxyl.

5. The corrosion-inhibiting composition of claim 3 , wherein X 1 is —OC(O)R 1—.

6. The corrosion-inhibiting composition of claim 5 , wherein R 1 is C 12 to C 24 alkyl or alkenyl.

7. The corrosion-inhibiting composition of claim 1 , wherein X 2 is hydroxyl or —OC(O)R 2 .

8. The corrosion-inhibiting composition of claim 7 , wherein X 2 is hydroxyl.

9. The corrosion-inhibiting composition of claim 7 , wherein X 2 is —OC(O)R 2 .

10. The corrosion-inhibiting composition of claim 9 , wherein R 2 is C 12 to C 24 alkyl or alkenyl.

11. The corrosion-inhibiting composition of claim 1 , wherein X 3 is hydroxyl or —OC(O)R 3 .

12. The corrosion-inhibiting composition of claim 11 , wherein X 3 is hydroxyl.

13. The corrosion-inhibiting composition of claim 11 , wherein X 3 is —OC(O)R 3 .

14. The corrosion-inhibiting composition of claim 13 , wherein R 3 is C 12 to C 24 alkyl or alkenyl.

15. The corrosion-inhibiting composition of claim 1 , wherein the dispersant of Formula 1 has the structure of Formula 1A:

16. The corrosion-inhibiting composition of claim 15 , wherein p1, q1, r1, r2, s1, and t1 are independently integers from 2 to 6.

17. The corrosion-inhibiting composition of claim 1 , wherein the corrosion inhibitor of Formula 2 has the structure of Formula 2A:

18. The composition of claim 17 , wherein R 31 is C 12 to C 24 alkyl or alkenyl.

19. The corrosion-inhibiting composition of claim 1 , further comprising a solvent, wherein the solvent is a hydrocarbon solvent.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2022
From: SCHOLZ, JOHN NATHAN; THORNTHWAITE, PHILIP ANDREW; PENNINGTON, JANELLE LEIGH; MARQUEZ, MARIA DEJESUS; ZENASNI, OUSSAMA
To: ECOLAB USA INC.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63203963 · Aug 5, 2021
Related Publication 20230053403A1 · Feb 23, 2023
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