Patent ID: 6635188
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: C09K

Abstract:
A composition which comprises in admixture:(a) a succinate salt selected from the group consisting of potassium, ammonium, and sodium succinate salts in an amount which acts to remove ice from a surface; (b) an organic surfactant which enables spreading of the composition on a glass surface; and (c) at least one freezing point depressant selected from the group consisting of monohydric alcohols having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, polyhydric alcohols having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, monomethyl or monoethyl ethers of polyhydric alcohols having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, and mixtures thereof, wherein the admixture when mixed with water melts the ice more rapidly than either the succinate salt or the freezing point depressant alone.