SCALE INHIBITORS

摘要

The invention relates to the inhibition of (poly)phosphate scale in aqueous syst ems involving the use of at least one copolymer comprising the following monomers in polymerized s form: (I) 50-08% by weight of one or more weak acids; (II) 2-50% by weight of one or more strong acids; (III) 0-30% by weight of one or more monoethylenically unsaturated C4-C8 dicarbo xylic acids; and (IV) 0-30% by weight of one or more monoethylenically unsaturated monomers polymerizable with (I), (II) and (III); wherein the total of monomers (I), (II), (III) and (IV) equals 100% by weight of copolymer. The invention is particularly suited to the inhibition of (poly)phosphate scale which occurs as a result of using low phosphate (STPP) containing detergent formulatio ns.