Patent ID: 6380182
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: A01N,C02F,Y10S

Abstract:
A composition for controlling biofouling of in an aqueous system, comprisingat least one sulfamic acid or a salt thereof in an amount effective to inhibit bacteria from adhering to a submergible surface or a submerged surface within the aqueous system, wherein the sulfamic acid is a compound of the formula R1R2NS(O)2(OH), where R1, R2 are independently a hydrogen, a C4-C20 alkyl group or a cyclohexyl group, but R1 and R2 are not both hydrogen; or R1 and R2, together with the N, form a 5-8 membered heterocyclic ring having the formula: in which X is O, NH, or CH2; and wherein the salt of a sulfamic acid is an acid salt or a quaternized sulfamic acid salt.