Patent ID: 8716339

Claim:
A method of making a peracid composition, the method comprising: combining a first aqueous solution and a second aqueous solution, wherein: the first aqueous solution comprises (A) about 0.05% to about 10% by weight polyvinyl alcohol, (B) 3% to about 20% by weight of an organic carboxylic acid selected from the group consisting of citric acid, acetic acid, and combinations thereof, and (C) 10 ppm to about 1,000 ppm by weight colloidal transition metal particles selected from the group consisting of colloidal silver metal particles, colloidal silver alloy particles, and combinations thereof; and the second aqueous solution comprises 0.5% to about 10% by weight of an activator selected from the group consisting of hydrogen peroxide, methyl ethyl ketone peroxide, carbamide peroxide, potassium superoxide, lithium peroxide, barium peroxide, sodium peroxide, calcium peroxide, strontium peroxide, magnesium peroxide, sodium percarbonate, sodium peroxide, potassium peroxide, and combinations thereof.