Differential evaporation potentiated disinfectant system

Abstract

Antimicrobial compositions and methods of using such antimicrobial compositions to provide a reduction in populations of viable microorganisms.

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[0001]This application is the United States National Phase of International Patent Cooperation Treaty Patent Application No. PCT / US2008 / 010684, filed Sep. 12, 2008 which was a continuation-in-part of U.S. Non-provisional patent application Ser. No. 11 / 901,915, filed Sep. 19, 2007, each hereby incorporated by reference herein.[0002]Differential evaporation potentiated antimicrobial compositions and methods of using such differential evaporation potentiated antimicrobial compositions to provide a reduction in populations of viable microorganisms.I. BACKGROUND[0003]Alcohols have been extensively utilized in antimicrobial formulations to provide a reduction in populations of viable microorganisms. Methanol, ethanol, and N-butanol can each be produced by fermentation and alcohols such as 2-propanol, 2-butanol, 2-pentanol, and so on, can be synthesized from petrochemicals.[0004]Because 2-propanol (also referred to as isopropanol) has proven more effective than ethanol and methanol in redu...

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Benefits of technology

[0016]Conversely, if an initial concentration of diacetone alcohol which exceeds the azeotrope point in water does not define an antimicrobial composition but a greater concentration of diacetone alcohol does define an antimicrobial composition, then evaporation of all or a part of the amount of the diacetone alcohol and water composition fluidically engaged with a population of microorganisms can increase the concentration of the diacetone alcohol in the composition over a duration of time and the composition can be potentiated to provide an antimicrobially active composition which can reduce the population of viable microorganisms.

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Problems solved by technology

While alcohols such as methanol, ethanol, and isopropanol and ketones such as acetone have proven effective in reducing viable populations of microorganisms, certain substantial problems remain unaddressed with their use.

A first substantial problem with the use of certain alcohols such as methanol and certain ketones such as acetone in or as compositions for the reduction of viable populations of microorganisms can be their relatively high vapor pressures and relativ

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