US Patent Issued to CHEMTREAT on April 14 for "Corrosion control for water systems using passivators and a hydroxycarboxylic acid" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,064, issued on April 14, was assigned to CHEMTREAT INC. (Glen Allen, Va.).

"Corrosion control for water systems using passivators and a hydroxycarboxylic acid" was invented by Rajendra Prasad Kalakodimi (Glen Allen, Va.), Santanu Banerjee (Glen Allen, Va.), Patrick Wood (Glen Allen, Va.), Deann C. Guy (Ruther Glen, Va.) and Curt Turner (Mechanicsville, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and compositions for suppressing corrosion of a corrodible metal surface that contacts a water stream in a water system. The method comprises introducing into the water stream a treatment composition, the treatment composition including a com...