Patent ID: 9000017
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: A01N

Abstract:
1. A composition for controlling microbial growth on engineering materials, wherein said engineering materials are selected from the group consisting of glues, sizes, paints, plastic articles, cooling lubricants, and aqueous hydraulic fluids; comprising a combination of imazalil or a salt thereof, as component (I), and as a component (II) a silver compound selected from silver acetate, silver alginate, silver azide, silver citrate, silver lactate, silver nitrate, silver perchlorate, silver sulfate, silver chloride, silver thiocyanate, silver-sodium-hydrogen-zirconium phosphate, silver sulfadiazine, silver cyclohexanediacetic acid and disilver 2,5-dichloro-3,6-dihydroxy-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1,4-dione; wherein the ratio by weight of component (I) to component (II) ranges from 8:2 to 2:8 to provide a synergistic biocidal effect.