• A biocide is defined in the European legislation as a chemical substance or microorganism intended to destroy, deter, render harmless, or exert a controlling...
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    the monohydroxylated isomers of biphenyl. It is a white solid. It is a biocide used as a preservative with E number E231 and under the trade names Dowicide...
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    Acrolein (section Biocide)
    acrolein. It is produced industrially from propene and mainly used as a biocide and a building block to other chemical compounds, such as the amino acid...
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    Inc. p. 202. ISBN 9780824787929. Harold William Rossmoore. Handbook of Biocide and Preservative Use, p. 341. ISBN 0-7514-0212-5 Cook, Denys (1963). "The...
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    small animals. In the presence of light, bonellin is a very effective biocide, killing bacteria, larva of other organisms, and red blood cells in laboratory...
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    adhesion promoters, UV stabilizers, flatteners (de-glossing agents), biocides to fight bacterial growth and the like. Additives normally do not significantly...
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    Algaecide or algicide is a biocide used for killing and preventing the growth of algae, often defined in a loose sense that, beyond the biological definition...
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    Iodine (section Biocide)
    the photoelectric effect of the innermost electrons. Use of iodine as a biocide represents a major application of the element, ranked 2nd by weight. Elemental...
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    joint venture with Aramco. In February 2020, Lanxess acquired Brazilian biocide manufacturer Itibanyl Produtos Especiais Ltda. (IPEL). In July 2022, Lanxess...
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  • anticoagulant types. The preparation was approved in July 2013 under the European Biocide Directive Program (Annex 1/1A BPD 98/8EEC). It works by causing acute and...
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  • rate for the biocide tended to be uncontrolled and often rapid, leaving the coating only effective for 18 to 24 months before all the biocide leached out...
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    a continual low level oxidizing biocide is used, then alternating to a periodic shock dose of non-oxidizing biocides.[citation needed] Algaecides, as...
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    temperature. It is an isothiazolinone, a class of heterocyclic compounds used as biocides. DCOIT has attracted attention as an antifouling compound. It is a replacement...
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    Biofouling (section Biocides)
    Anti-fouling is the ability of specifically designed materials (such as toxic biocide paints, or non-toxic paints) to remove or prevent biofouling. The buildup...
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    a white solid. Isothiazolinones, a class of heterocycles, are used as biocides in numerous personal care products and other industrial applications. MIT...
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    quaternary ammonium compound. ADBACs have three main categories of use: as a biocide, a cationic surfactant, and a phase transfer agent. ADBACs are a mixture...
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    to inactivate toxins and pathogens. Formaldehyde releasers are used as biocides in personal care products such as cosmetics. Although present at levels...
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    registration as a pesticide in the US in 1972. Beyond its typical use as a biocide, DBNPA has been investigated for other uses in recent years. Research has...
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    and cosmetics industries. IPBC is a member of the carbamate family of biocides. IPBC was invented in the 1970s and has a long history of effective use...
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  • yellow when impure) that have a strong chlorine smell. It is used as a biocide and disinfectant. Potassium hypochlorite is produced by the disproportionation...
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  • QuEChERS is a solid phase extraction method for detection of biocide residues in food. The name is a portmanteau word formed from "quick, easy, cheap...
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    Benzalkonium chloride is a common type of quat salt used as a biocide, a cationic surfactant, and as a phase transfer agent. ADBACs are a mixture of...
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    temperature. The compound is an isothiazolinone, a class of heterocycles used as biocides. These compounds have an active sulphur moiety that is able to oxidize...
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    biological function, such as DNA, and so glutaraldehyde solutions are effective biocides and fixatives. It is sold under the brandnames Cidex and Glutaral. As a...
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    Agency registration requires a biocide label, which lists toxicity and other data required for all registered biocides. It does work slower than chlorine...
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  • biocides leach into the immediate surroundings and minimize fouling. The classic synthetic antifouling agent is tributyltin (TBT). Natural biocides typically...
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  • accessible, an important precursor for the versatile paraben class of biocides used e.g. in personal care products. The methodology is also used in the...
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  • Directive (BPD) also known as the Biocides Directive is European Union Directive, (98/8/EC), which concerns biocides. It is officially known as Directive...
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    formulated with cuprous oxide (or other copper compounds) and/or other biocides—special chemicals which impede growth of barnacles, algae, and marine organisms...
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    overmining, and marine pollution, including use of the banned anti-fouling biocide tributyltin; although absent in developed countries, these activities continue...
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