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From the application
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The invention provides an antimicrobial solution comprising, consisting essentially of, or consisting of (a) hypochlorous acid, (b) a divalent cation, (c) phosphate anion, and (d) water.
The solution contains hypochlorous acid. The hypochlorous acid can be prepared using any suitable process. In an embodiment, the hypochlorous acid can be prepared by adding chlorine to water.
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The solution contains phosphate anion. The phosphate anion can be provided using any suitable source of phosphate anion. As is well known in the art, phosphate anions are derived from acid Also contains magnesium as the divalent cation
The composition of the resulting antimicrobial solution is set forth in Table 1.
TABLE 1 Component mg/L % Water n/a 99.920 Sodium 142 0.014 Magnesium 98 0.010 Chloride 72 0.007 Phosphate 384 0.038 Hypochlorous acid 106 0.01